My Pretty Pony Author:Stephen King, Barbara Kruger (Illustrator) An elderly man, his death rapidly approaching, takes his young grandson up onto a hill behind his house and gives the boy his pocketwatch. Then, standing among falling apple blossoms, the man also "gives instruction" on the nature of time: how when you grow up, it begins to move faster and faster, slipping away from you in great chunks if you do... more »n't hold tightly onto it. Time is a pretty pony, with a wicked heart.« less