Tessa's Lost and Found by Ahmet Zappa

Author:Ahmet Zappa
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Disney Book Group
Published: 2016-10-16T04:00:00+00:00

That afternoon, Tessa helped a couple choose a puppy to take home and gave two dogs baths. That wasn’t fun at all. She almost suggested the dogs take sparkle showers instead. They were so resistant to getting into the big tub! Luckily, she remembered Wishlings didn’t even have sparkle showers.

Meanwhile, a constant stream of visitors came into and went out of the shelter. But so far her Wisher was nowhere to be seen.

After the doggy baths, Penny asked Tessa to take some photos. Tessa held the camera gingerly as she walked through the cats’ play area. How did it work, exactly? Starland’s glamera was a small egg-shaped device you could hold in your palm. But this was a big bulky object that you strapped around your neck like some kind of fashion accessory.

Play with me! the striped kitten squeaked to her. So Tessa convinced a volunteer to take photos of her and the kitten together.

Later Tessa organized the sales table in the lobby with Penny. She was thinking that things on Wishworld were similar to Starland yet so different at the same time, when a big drop of water fell—splat—on her head. She moved a few star inches to her left, and more drops plopped around her.

“What’s that?” she asked, wondering if somebody else had had the idea of showering the animals and this was some sort of a test run.

Penny sighed, reaching for buckets they kept under the front desk. “Remember it rained yesterday?”

The starday had been glowrious on Starland, but Tessa nodded.

“Whenever it rains, our roof starts leaking sometime the next day. The roof is so old it really needs to be replaced, or at least repaired. But we’re low on funds as it is. We have just enough money to cover basic care of our animals. So that’s on hold.” She smiled at Tessa. “Thank goodness we have volunteers to help. I can’t tell you how grateful I am that you worked all day. But we’re closing up shop now.”

Tessa could see the sunlight dimming outside. The whole Wishworld day had passed, and she hadn’t even caught a glimpse of her Wisher.

“Is it okay if I come back tomorrow?” she asked Penny.

“Of course. But we should really nail down your schedule for the rest of the summer.” Penny took out the volunteer book and looked at Tessa expectantly.

Oh, no, not again! Tessa looked into Penny’s eyes and said, “You do not need my schedule.”

Penny closed the book. “I do not need your schedule.” She shook her head. “And there’s that raisin cinnamon smell again. I think I’ll stop off at the bakery on my way home.”

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