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RIVER RESCUE
teachers are coming. I don’t want a lecture on sun cream, it’s no way hot enough to burn.”
“Mr Finlay got all the parents telling him how fabulous he was after the fashion show – and he’s Mrs Angel’s favourite person now,” Emily pointed out. “He oughtn’t to complain! It would be totally unfair if he did!”
“I think we shouldn’t ask,” Poppy suggested. “Is he going to notice?”
“He might not, but I bet Miss Grace will.” Emily lay down on the grass. “She notices everything.”
Poppy sighed, rolling on to her stomach next to Maya. “I hadn’t thought of her. All right, we’ll have to ask properly then. We’ll do it after break. Mr Finlay’s always in a better mood when he’s had a cup of tea.”
Izzy sucked in a nervous breath, and Poppy looked up at her, squinting against the sun. “What’s the matter? He won’t mind, Izzy. He said we worked together really well.”
“It isn’t him,” Izzy muttered, staring at the grass as though she’d seen a legion of spiders marching through it. “It’s Ali. And Lucy and Elspeth. Coming this way.”
Poppy turned over and sat up in seconds, glaring. 19