Lady Daisy by Dick King-Smith
Author:Dick King-Smith [King-Smith, Dick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2019-09-11T16:00:00+00:00
âHow she does boss everyone about!â said Nedâs father.
He must have heard her, thought Ned in a panic, he must have heard Lady Daisy!
âWhy, did you hear what she said, Dad?â he said.
His father put down the newspaper.
âWhat are you talking about, Ned?â he said. âHow could I hear what Mrs Thatcher said? I read it â in this paper. Honestly, that dollâs got more brains than you.â
CHAPTER 9
Goalkeeping Practice
Nedâs grandmother rang up next day.
âGran wants to speak to you,â his mother called.
Ned came to the phone.
âHello, Gran.â
âHello, pet. How are you?â
âFine, thanks.â
âAnd Lady Daisy Chain?â
âYes, sheâs fine too.â
âDoes Mum know about her yet?â
âOh yes, and Dad.â
âYour father knows that you have a doll?â
âYes.â
âAnd what does he say about that?â
âOh, he said she was a pretty little thing.â
âBlow me down!â
âItâs a long story, Gran. Iâll tell you when I next see you.â
âWell, when you do, Iâve something to show you. I was tidying my writing-desk the other day â itâs something Iâve been meaning to do for ages . . .â
âLike the box-room?â
â. . . ha, yes, and of course itâs a very, very old desk, that belonged in fact to your great-great-grandfather, and as I was going through all the little cubby-holes in turn, dusting them, I must have pressed on a spring or a catch or something, because what dâyou think I found?â
âDonât know.â
âA secret drawer!â
âWow!â
âYes, and in it was a packet of old photographs, all of your great-grandfather Sidney as a boy, and of his sister Victoria. He looks to be about seven years old, and she about four, and I dare say you can guess who she is holding in several of the pictures?â
âLady Daisy!â
âYes. Dâyou remember I said to you, when you found the doll, that I thought it might have been Victoriaâs, and now itâs proved.â
âThatâs great, Gran,â Ned said. âIf you hadnât found those photos, I should never have known who Lady Daisy belonged to, should I?â
âOf course not. How could you?â
Lady Daisy was delighted when Ned told her.
âNext time we go to Granâs, Iâll show you the photographs,â he said.
âOh, that will be splendid, Ned! To be able to see my own dear little Victoria again!â
The small pain that Ned felt was, he suddenly realized, of jealousy.
âDo you think of me as yours, Lady Daisy?â he said.
âOf course, dear boy. Why, to be sure, you sound almost to be jealous of someone so long dead. There is no call for that, Ned. You have quite taken Victoriaâs place in my affections.â
âOh, thatâs great!â said Ned. âAnd Iâm very fond of you, you know. I always shall be.â
âYou may tire of me,â said Lady Daisy, âas you grow older. That would be only natural. You may pass me on, to another child.â
âI wouldnât dream of it!â said Ned.
Perhaps it was the red October sun, sinking in the west and shining in through the window of Nedâs bed-sitter, but once again it seemed to him almost as though there was a blush on the dollâs smooth cheeks.
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