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GREEN GARDEN
Her mum looked round the bathroom door. “I’m sure you can. Think of topiary. You know, when they make hedges into statues? Like Mr Simpson’s peacock hedge down the road.”
“Oooh!” Poppy bounded out of the bathroom. “Topiary! I haven’t got any of that. That would work brilliantly in the sight bit.”
“Not now!” her mother said sternly. “Bed. I know you, you’ll be drawing it at the breakfast table tomorrow. Well, you can just get some sleep in first.”
“Wow!” Izzy peered at Poppy’s intricate design.
“Do you think it’s OK?” Poppy asked her anxiously. She hadn’t wanted to get the design out until they
were in the classroom, in case it got rained on. It was spitting a bit, but it had to be tipping it down before Mrs Angel, the head, would let anyone into school early.
“It’s beautiful. It’s so detailed, Poppy. It must have taken hours.”
“Yeah, it’s lucky we only had that little bit of science homework last night. I did that in the car on the way to school,” Poppy admitted with a yawn. She was really tired. She’d been so excited about her design and all the ideas that she’d taken ages to get
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