Rascal's Festive Fun by Holly Webb

Author:Holly Webb [Holly Webb]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781847152862
Publisher: Little Tiger Press
Published: 2012-09-19T04:00:00+00:00

Ellie sighed. “I’d be cross with you if I wasn’t so happy you’re mine, and not stuck in a shelter somewhere,” she whispered, hugging him tight.

The next day, Dad dragged Ellie out of bed early. He’d already fed Rascal, who’d followed him upstairs and was dancing around Ellie’s bedroom.

“But it’s the first day of the holidays!” Ellie wailed.

“Remember,” said Dad. “Christmas tree shopping! We want to get one early, then we’ll have lots of time for decorating.”

Ellie jumped out of bed. “I’d forgotten!” she squeaked. “Let’s go! Can we bring Rascal?” She always loved getting the Christmas tree. Dad had already got the box of decorations out of the loft, she noticed happily, as she dashed downstairs a few minutes later. Mum and Lila and Max were still having a lie-in, but she didn’t want to miss this.

“Have some toast!” Dad handed her a jammy slice. “You can take it with you.”

They headed out of the house and down the road to the little greengrocer’s shop on the high street.

“Can we have a really, really big tree?” she asked Dad hopefully.

Rascal sniffed a lovely bushy fir tree, and edged up close, with a look in his eye that Ellie recognized. “Rascal, no!” she hissed, and he looked up at her in surprise. It was a tree – what was the problem?

Dad laughed. “You wee on it, Rascal, we have to buy it,” he told him solemnly. “How about that one in the corner, Ellie?”

Ellie nodded. It was huge!

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