The Secret Puppy by Holly Webb

Author:Holly Webb [Holly Webb]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781847154699
Publisher: Stripes Publishing
Published: 2017-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

“Barney! It’s you!” Daisy hugged him, laughing. She’d heard the bark, and the mad scuffling and splashing, but she’d never thought it would be Barney coming to find her. “How did you get here? I wonder if Julie’s looking for you – did you sneak out somehow?”

Barney laid his head on her lap, and sighed contentedly. She wasn’t cross. Whatever had happened to make her stop coming, she still loved him. He could tell from her voice.

“Oh Barney, I’ve really missed you.” Daisy ran her hand gently through the thick fur on his back. “I think you’ve got bigger, and it’s only three days since I last saw you.”

Barney wasn’t sure what she was saying, but he liked listening to her. He wriggled himself closer, so that his paws and shoulders were on her lap too. He wasn’t going to let her disappear again.

Daisy frowned. “I’m not supposed to be around you. Mum says.” She swallowed, feeling a lump rising in her throat. “And she’s probably right. She thought it was just going to make both of us miserable. I’m going home soon, you see…”

She knew she ought to take Barney straight back to the farmhouse and tell Julie he’d got out somehow. But she couldn’t. Not just yet. She wanted to cuddle him a little bit longer. Only till Mum and Dad came back from doing the washing-up…

But then they might say it was time for bed, and Dad would take Barney back instead. Daisy shook her head suddenly. She knew she couldn’t let that happen. Mum was right – she was just making it harder for herself, but she didn’t care. Being away from Barney hadn’t stopped her missing him. It didn’t look like he’d forgotten about her, either; he’d obviously come to find her. Would another day of being around him really make it any worse for them both?

Daisy gathered Barney into her arms and stood up. “You’re so heavy,” she whispered to him lovingly, and Barney licked her ear. He liked being carried. “Come on. Mum and Dad will be back soon. And Oliver. We’re going to have to be a bit sneaky.”

For just one night she could pretend that Barney was her dog… Daisy carried him round to the back of their tent, to her own secret door, and put him down beside her while she unzipped it. Then she crawled inside, beckoning Barney after her.

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