Suniya
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Looking for Direction
I couldn’t sleep that night and I went down to watch the television in the communal room, since no one else was there. There was an interview with a witch who worked in the city, talking about how she’d had to work more and more after local factories closed and she was beginning to lose… Continue reading
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Welcome to the Jungle
This week was meant to be the week where my friend Suniya and I made our vegetable garden. She’s meant to be revising, but luckily for us, her mother thought she’d been cooped up too long and let her come. I say “luckily” but things didn’t go to plan. Continue reading
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Growing Together
I have been helping Mrs Webfoot in the garden lately and I feel that I’ve been “hearing” the plants and trees more and more. She is happy for me to help her with anything except her herb garden, which she is very protective over. And it feels good to help – she charges so little… Continue reading
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A New Friend
Mrs Webfoot’s friend Mrs Edgwood came by again yesterday, but thankfully not to gush about the new witch, Olive Framley, again! She wondered if I could give her niece a hand with her biology homework, because I was so clever with plants. Which was nice! I have helped nurse Mrs Webfoot’s houseplants back to health, mostly without… Continue reading
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Lucy Skylark Entry 22, 4th July.
Bea asked us if we’d been to the ice cream parlour, Dessert Island. Suniya blushed then, and I felt embarrassed too. I told her about the chef seeming to have a glamour, and no reflection. She looked intrigued. “That’s certainly interesting, but I don’t know that I feel happy with you assuming there’s something wrong.” Continue reading
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Lucy Skylark Entry 18, 7th June.
Dear Vera, It was so good to see you last week. I’m sorry I was so quiet – Teddy says he really enjoyed meeting you though. Mum and Dad seemed so pleased to have me back… At first. And I thought they’d be interested to hear my adventures, hear about Suki, Maksym, Bea and Olive,… Continue reading
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Lucy Skylark Entry 14, 15th May.
Your package couldn’t have arrived at a better time. I was in a very low mood following Mrs Webfoot’s anger, and the next day Mrs Edgwood came around and they gossiped about me rather loudly, and Mrs Edgwood told me that Suniya had gone home in tears. I tried to phone her but she didn’t… Continue reading
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Lucy Skylark Entry 13, 10th May.
Well, the vegetable garden did not exactly go as planned! The trouble is, I can hear the plants and… well, some weren’t happy and some were very eager to please. Maybe the problem was that I was really keen to impress Suniya. She was worried about watering seedlings for so long and though I can’t… Continue reading
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Lucy Skylark Entry 12, 7th May.
I have been helping Mrs Webfoot in the garden lately and I feel that I’ve been “hearing” the plants and trees more and more. She is happy for me to help her with anything except her herb garden, which she is very protective over. Mrs Webfoot has very odd assorted mix of gardening products and… Continue reading
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Lucy Skylark Entry 8, 18th April.
Mrs Edgwood came by again yesterday. She wondered if I could give her niece a hand with her biology homework, because I was so clever with plants. I have helped nurse Mrs Webfoot’s houseplants back to health, mostly without magic, and it was good to feel that maybe I have made an impression beyond being… Continue reading
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