Flame – Poppy Shire

At last the stallholder shook his head and held up an empty reel. “I’m sorry. I’ve sold it all, ‘m afraid,’ he Shida “Oh dear,” said Chloe. The saddlecloth wouldn’t be the same without the gold! “T have plenty of green and blue thread,” the stallholder offered. Chloe shook her head. Those colours wouldn’t show up very well on the blue fab- ric.

“Never mind,” she said. “The blue cloth and silver thread will have to do.” She watched as he wrapped them in paper, and tried not to feel too disappoint- ed about the gold thread. The silver will look lovely on its own, she told herself. Suddenly Chloe’s heart skipped a beat. How could she have been so silly? She * hadn’t got any money! She’d left Mina in : such a hurry that she’d forgotten to ask for some. Now what was she going to do?

The stallholder handed her the parcel. “I-[’’m sorry,’ Chloe stammered. “I’ve made a horrible mistake . . . You see, I don’t have CUT ci The man smiled, looking more like Mr. Barker than ever. “Now, don’t you worry,’ he said. “I know Mina’s family very well. They can pay me tomorrow.’ Chloe breathed a big sigh of relief. “Thank you!”

she cried. She took the parcel and turned to climb back into the saddle. “Wait a minute,’ said the man. “Before you go, there’s one more thing …” He held up a little woven bag. “I’m sure you can think of something to do with these.” Chloe peeped into the bag, then gasped 2 in delight. The bag was full of thick silk * ribbons, all in different colours. “They’re perfect!” she cried. “Ill be able to weave them into Flame and Flicker’s manes, just like I do at the riding school!”

“T thought you’d find them useful,” said the stallholder with a wink. Chloe climbed back into the saddle and waved goodbye. Flame set off at a brisk canter and Chloe grabbed the pommel with one hand, holding her parcels tight with the other. “Good luck!” the man called after her. 5. Preparing for the Pageant As they drew closer to Mina’s house, Chloe began to feel worried. “What if Mina’s really upset about the gold thread?” she wondered. ““‘She might not want to make a saddlecloth without it.”

“Well, we’ve done our best,” said Flame. “The silver will look nice.” | “But she was so proud of all that gold stitching,’ Chloe said sadly.

First published 2006 by Macmillan Children’s Books a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 20 New Wharf Road, London N1 9RR Basingstoke and Oxford www.panmacmillan.com Associated companies throughout the world ISBN-13: 978-0-330-44598-6 ISBN-10: 0-330-44598-7 Text copyright © Working Partners Limited 2006 Illustrations copyright © Strawberrie Donnelly 2006 ‘Created by Working Partners Limited The right of Strawberrie Donnelly to be identified as the illustrator of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. 135798642 A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Printed and bound in Great Britain by Mackays of Chatham plc, Kent This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this \ condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

Contents 1.A Special Trip to the Fair 1 2. Deserted! 8 3. Chloe Makes Some Friends —anda Foe 18 4. A Sabotaged Saddlecloth 31 5. Preparing for the Pageant 41 6. Chloe Hunts for Clues 56 7. Pretty at the Pageant 69 1. ok Special “Trip to the fair The fairground looked lovely in the misty morning light. It was in Chloe’s local park, at the bottom of a hill. She gazed down on the colourful rides in delight as she and her dad made their way to the entrance.

“Come on — let’s find an exciting ride!” she cried as soon as they were inside the gates. “Don’t you want to get some candyfloss first?” her dad asked. Chloe loved candyfloss!

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.

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