Magic Puppy: Cloud Capers by Sue Bentley

Author:Sue Bentley [Bentley, Sue]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780141917733
Publisher: PUFFIN BOOKS
Published: 2009-06-15T23:00:00+00:00

The delicious smell of barbecued sausages wafted towards Jessica as she and Storm walked back to the camper about an hour later.

Her dad waved hello to her with a pair of tongs. He was wearing a new apron with a bright-green frog with big googly eyes on the front.

The other High Flyers were relaxing nearby in camping chairs and talking about hot-air ballooning as usual. They greeted Jessica and smiled at her as she and Storm went across to her mum, who was sitting at the table making a salad.

‘Hello, love. Did you have a good time?’ Mrs Tennant asked.

‘Yeah, we saw some people dressed as moving statues and there was a magician, but it’s starting to get really busy now and Storm was almost getting trodden on –’ Jessica broke off. She couldn’t believe that she’d been so careless! But luckily her mum was busy cutting up tomatoes and didn’t seem to have heard. ‘I… um… got a bit fed up with pushing through the crowds,’ she finished hastily.

Her mum nodded. ‘I suppose people are here for the nightglows and the fireworks. Do you want one hot dog or two?’

‘Two please,’ Jessica said at once. One for me and one for Storm, she thought, hoping her mum wouldn’t think her greedy!

She took her plate and went to sit on the grass while she ate. ‘Phew! That was close. I’m rubbish at keeping secrets. I promise I’ll get better!’ she said to Storm.

Storm nodded, his head on one side as he chewed up his hot dog.

After they all finished eating, Jessica helped her mum clear up. The sky turned to violet with pink streaks as the sun set and lights began coming on in the other campers and motorhomes. Her dad and the other High Flyers went to get the balloon ready for the nightglow. ‘Shall we go and watch?’ Jessica’s mum said, drying her hands.

‘OK. I’ll follow you in a minute. I just want to get my shoulder bag. I think you’ll be safer if you get inside it,’ she whispered to Storm.

Storm jumped straight in with an eager little woof. As Jessica wandered across to the balloon display area, he settled down and poked out his head to look around.

The tethered balloons seemed a bit dull and unimpressive against the evening sky, but at a given signal all the burners were turned on. The balloons lit up, their brilliant colours shining green, gold, red and blue, like glowing Chinese lanterns.

Storm yapped excitedly, forgetting to be nervous for a minute. ‘They are brighter than the Northern Lights that ripple across the sky in the long dark winter.’

Jessica smiled wistfully, trying to imagine this wonderful sight. The other world where Storm lived as a young wolf must be very strange and wonderful.

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