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Chapter 3

Up, up and away they sailed, over prairies and farms,

gentle hills and streams. Before long, they were hungry

and started looking for a landing spot. Down below,

there was a pretty farm with red roofs where they

decided to land. They had just climbed down from the

basket, when out of the house ran a boy and girl who

were all excited to see the balloon. They invited the girls

in for lunch. The family was just sitting down to a huge

platter of sandwiches and a jug of apple cider from their

own apple trees. The girls told them about their journey

so far.
The children's eyes were wide, not able to believe that

these girls had travelled so far without their parents. That
reminded Mirabel to phone home, to say hi and to let her

mum and dad know where she was. She asked the family,

"Where are we?" The parents said that they were just

outside of Wapella!

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