Superstar! by Jane Smith

Author:Jane Smith [Smith, Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Big Sky Publishing
Published: 2021-01-20T00:00:00+00:00

‘What’s she up to?’ Carly asked.

Dora shook her head. ‘I have no idea.’

Nellie hummed as she stroked the necks of the two horses attached to the front of the bus. The horses snuffled and stamped their feet. Nellie turned and beckoned the girls. ‘Come on!’

Dora skipped towards the horses, her eyes glittering behind her glasses. Carly and Simone followed.

Nellie said, ‘It’s a shame to leave this bus sitting idle. Look how restless the horses are! Let’s go for a ride.’

‘What?’ said Carly, stunned. Even Simone was speechless.

‘How hard can it be to drive a bus?’ Nellie said, climbing up onto the driver’s seat and snatching up the reins. ‘Are you coming? Come on, it’ll be fun!’

Carly and Dora gazed at each other with open mouths. Simone shrugged. ‘All right,’ she said, pushing past them and climbing up beside Nellie. The bus was a big boxy doublestorey thing with two small wheels at the front and two big ones at the back. The bottom section was closed in with glass windows, but on the top deck, the rows of seats were open to the sky.

‘What are you scared of?’ Simone jeered. ‘Babies!’

Dora took a deep breath. ‘We’ll never hear the end of it if we don’t,’ she muttered. ‘And besides ... it does look fun ...’

Carly nodded, laughed, and climbed up the steps to the top deck. Dora scrambled up after her.

Nellie flicked the reins, shouted ‘Giddyup!’ and they were off! The horses sprang forward and the bus lurched into action.

‘WOOHOO!’ Dora squealed as they hurtled along the dirt road. Carly clutched at her bonnet. The horses cantered and Nellie sang and the bus rattled and the girls bounced from side to side on the wooden seats. The horses sped around a corner and the bus swung around, flinging the shrieking girls to one side.

‘Watch OUT!’ Simone screamed. ‘Tree ahead!’

Nellie howled with laughter and urged the horses on.

Just as it seemed that they would crash head-first into a tree, the bus swerved and a gust of wind whipped the shawls off Carly's and Dora’s shoulders. They reached out and caught them, just as the world sank into darkness.

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