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and down.
“Oh, I thought I’d seen you before,” she said in
a cool voice. “From Mandy’s shop, right?”
Poppy glanced down at her jumper. The sequinned horseshoes seemed even more garish
now.
“Yes,” she said. “That’s it. Hi.”
“Yeah. Hi.”
Poppy didn’t know what else to say. Izzy hugged
her friend and the two of them strolled off. Feeling awkward, Poppy scuffed her jodhpur
boots on the cobbles, wondering what to do. “Hey!” A friendly voice interrupted her thoughts and to Poppy’s relief a small girl bounded up, long black hair in a neat plait. “I’m Amina. Isn’t this
exciting?”
“Can’t wait to find out which pony we’re
riding!” Another girl with a mass of curly black hair and a mischievous smile joined her on
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