When Emma and her Shetland pony, Sheltie, first meet Gregory, a holiday visitor to the village, Emma is happy to make friends. But then Gregory starts to treat Sheltie as if he were his own pony. Emma is furious when she catches Gregory riding Sheltie without asking, and she tells him to stay away. When Sheltie goes missing it is clear that Gregory has taken him. Gregory has an accident and after a fall Sheltie pulls him to safety and saves him from drowning in a stream before hobbling off on asore leg to fetch help. Once again, Sheltie is the hero.