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RIVER RESCUE
her sandwich and looked up at Poppy.
Poppy sighed. “You really don’t know anything
about alternative therapies, do you?”
Izzy shook her head. “I did go to a yoga class
once,” she offered, and Poppy looked hopeful for a second. “But I hated it,” she added. “They talked a bit about harmony and stuff, but it was mostly just sitting around with your legs in the air. It felt stupid.”
Poppy shook her head. “OK. Inner harmony just means not being miserable anyway. All I mean is, being on your own all the time makes you fed up.”
Izzy shrugged. “I know. But trying not to be on your own and then getting told to go away because you’re boring makes you feel even worse.”
“Who said that?” Poppy asked indignantly.
“Most of the girls in our class,” Izzy sighed. “I’m sort of marked, I think. As the boring one.”
“But you aren’t!” Poppy argued. “You’re funny. And you have brilliant ideas. We couldn’t have organised all the stuff for the fashion show without you.”
“Mmm, I’m organised. Being organised is so exciting.” Izzy grinned at her shyly.
“Yeah, OK, I see what you mean. But you are funny. See? What you just said was funny.”
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