Rescue by Helen Chapman

Author:Helen Chapman [Chapman, Helen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-84680-981-1
Publisher: Rising Stars UK Ltd
Published: 2011-10-14T04:00:00+00:00

‘It’s all right, Ginger. I’m coming,’ Claire called out.

‘The dog’s deaf,’ Callum reminded her. ‘She can’t hear you. Can you see her yet? She’s over this side, near me.’

‘I can’t see. It’s too dark,’ called Claire. ‘I don’t think I can do this.’

Callum could hear that Claire was starting to panic. ‘Keep calm and listen to me,’ he called. ‘I’m going to sing, and you just need to keep coming towards my voice. Just concentrate on the song and don’t think about anything else. You can do it, Claire.’

Callum start to sing. His singing did two things. First, it helped Claire to know which way to go. Second, it helped her to calm down. She wasn’t as worried about being in the small dark place any more. She just concentrated on the singing.

Claire heard the sad whimper again. It was closer this time.

‘I can see Ginger. You can stop singing now,’ she said.

When Ginger smelled Claire she trotted up to her and licked her face. Claire crawled backwards to the gap with Ginger following her. Then she passed Ginger up through the gap to Mrs Benson.

‘Bravo, Claire,’ she said. ‘That was very brave of you to rescue Ginger.’

‘Now we need to get you out, too,’ said Callum. He reached down, grabbed Claire’s hands and carefully pulled her out of the gap.

‘Great job, Claire,’ he said.

Claire blinked as video cameras were pushed in her face.

‘Tell us about the rescue,’ one voice said.

‘What was it like?’ asked another.

The reporters had Ginger’s adventure on film.

‘Everyone loves a trapped pet story,’ said one reporter. ‘Plus we have a famous family and a rescue. This will be on the news tonight for sure.’

‘Hey,’ said Zane. ‘What about us? Me and Zara are the story, not Ginger.’

But the reporters weren’t interested in Zane and Zara. They were filming Mrs Benson and the rescued dog. ‘Claire and Callum are amazing students,’ said Mrs Benson. ‘They’ve really learned how to perform under pressure.’ She turned and looked into the camera. ‘So I want everyone to know that this school …’ Mrs Benson paused.

Claire turned to Callum.

‘Oh no,’ she said. ‘She’s going to say the Talent Academy.’

‘This school … All Star High, will give you the best training you could ever want,’ said Mrs Benson. ‘Not just training in performing arts, but training for real life, too.’

This time it was Callum’s turn to nudge Claire. ‘I think you’ve just done two superhero rescues!’ he said. ‘You’ve saved Ginger and All Star High! Not such a disaster after all!’

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