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Authors: Tina Nolan
Willow the lonely kitten (8 page)
“Bye, Rocky,” Karl murmured as Cath let him jump up into the back of her Land Rover.
“Bye, Willow,” Eva sighed.
She, Karl and Heidi had been joined by Mark and Holly. Together they watched the red lights on the back of Cath’s car disappear down Main Street.
“Well done, everyone,” Heidi said as they stood in the dimly lit yard.
“Yes,” Mark agreed. “It was great detective work on Eva’s part. And thank heavens Lucy turned up when she did! But we’ll have to let poor Tom Ingleby know…”
Karl sighed, then picked up a stick and threw it. “Fetch!” he told Holly.
The puppy ran and neatly caught the stick. Everyone clapped.
“Well caught, Holly!” Eva cried. “We’ll teach you lots of new tricks and enter you
into competitions and train you to be the best sheepdog in the country, if not the whole world!”
Mark laughed, putting his arm around Eva’s shoulder. “And if Eva’s teaching you, you probably will be!”
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Text copyright © Jenny Oldfield, 2009
Illustrations copyright © Sharon Rentta, 2009
Cover illustration copyright © Simon Mendez, 2009
First published as an ebook by Stripes Publishing in 2012.
eISBN: 978–1–84715–302–9
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