Ol' Clip-Clop — Patricia C. McKissack / Pat McKissack

Mounting his horse, cold-hearted John Leep smiles as he anticipates evicting the widow Mayes for nonpayment of rent. When she comes up with the rent after all, Leep, unwilling to be disappointed, knocks her coins to the floor and hides on of them in his boot. The widow is evicted; but as he departs, Leep is pursued by an unseen stalker.

As Leep rides faster, so does his pursuer -- clippity-cloppity, clippity-cloppity -- until Leep reaches his home. Is John Leep safe at last or is Ol'Clip-Clop gonna SWALLOW HIM WHOLE?!!!!!