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As the girl and her mum came near the till, adding in some scarlet hair ribbons and a gorgeous gold tie, Poppy grabbed the bright- pink jodhpurs and threw them into a carrier bag, hoping the girl hadn’t noticed. She wasn’t quick enough with the purple jumper though. The girl laid the beautiful tweed jacket out on the counter, giving it a little stroke, before picking up the awful jumper between her thumb and forefinger as if she couldn’t bear to touch it.
“Here,” she said, her nose wrinkling, “you forgot this.”
“Thanks,” Poppy muttered, stuffing the jumper into the now bulging bag. She wanted to say something about how she loved the jacket too, but instead she put her head down and scurried after her mum.
In the car on the way home Poppy pulled her battered copy of The Manual of Horsemanship
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