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Chapter 5

The ride to school on the first day was not so magical.

There was a great rush in the morning at Mirabel's house,

after a whole summer of not having to get up early. It

was a bit of a scramble. It would be fun to see all the

friends though, and soon Mirabel was burbling along

with chatter and song.

There at the school door was Twinkle with her

parents, waiting to go inside and meet the teachers and

other children. The girls ran to each other and hugged,

Mirabel jumping up and down, Twinkle being still and

quiet, as usual.
"Don't be scared, Twinkle. Everyone here is really

kind and you will fit in very well," Mirabel told her.
When the teacher asked about their summer, the girls

didn't know what story to tell. Nobody would believe the

stories about smuggling talking pelicans, green-eyed pilots

from another planet, or flights aboard a peregrine falcon.

So Mirabel just said that they had travelled to Pelican

Lake, Alaska, the Armstrong Fair and its amazing rides.

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