All through the sequence where the boy is lying on the beach tended by the girls and then by his father and helper they are the only ones there. When it comes to picking the boy up and taking him home, suddenly there is a little pony, magically appearing at the right time.
Malachi is barefoot throughout the film. In the time and place, this would have been commonplace and unremarkable, as much from practical considerations as poverty, but she is shamed for not having shoes, and nobody else is seen barefoot once, even on the beach. Conversely, she casually shows her bare legs and arms in a few scenes, which would have been considered tantamount to nudity, and nobody seems to notice or care.