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gate and patted Dusty’s neck. ‘I so wish we had longer with them all,’ she said wistfully. ‘I don’t know what I’m going to do with myself if I don’t have City Farm to come to!’
Sammi nodded. He hadn’t been coming to City Farm anywhere near as long as Asha, but it had already made such a difference to him. He looked around, thinking that there would soon be big houses sitting right here, where the sunshine was beaming down through the trees and lighting up Dusty’s coat... It was an awful thought. He couldn’t bear to imagine it.
‘Let’s go and see the other animals together,’ suggested Asha.
The afternoon sun seemed to give everything a golden glow as they wandered around the farm. Curly and Lizzie ran over, bleating, as they reached their paddock, and the goats gave them a noisy welcome too.
‘They all think it’s feeding time!’ said Asha. ‘I wish we could explain to them exactly what’s happening. It’s not fair, it’s really not!’
They scratched heads and patted necks and made a fuss of everyone, then moved on to say goodbye to Cynthia, the Tamworth pig. They were just approaching her sty when they heard Kerry’s voice floating from the direction of the barn. ‘Asha! Sammi! Where are you?’
‘Coming!’ they called.
Kerry was standing in the barn doorway holding a big tray of cakes from the cafe. ‘We have a very useful job for everyone,’ she explained. ‘We don’t want these cakes to go to waste. We need to finish them off today, so we’re going to gather everyone in the pony paddock to have a picnic.’
‘Oh! That’s a wonderful idea! I love picnics!’ said Asha. She hesitated. ‘But I haven’t said a proper goodbye to the rabbits and guinea pigs yet. Do you think they could join us, somehow?’
‘Well, as this might be our last full day, I think we should include as many of the animals as possible,’ said Kerry. ‘I’ve already asked Rory and Jack to sort out some mini pens for the smaller animals. The others can all just join in for once!’
‘Brilliant,’ enthused Asha. ‘Sammi and I can go around telling everyone what’s happening! And can we get treats together for all the animals to eat as well?’
‘Yes, of course,’ said Kerry. ‘That would be really helpful.’
‘We’ll get started then,’ said Asha. ‘Is that OK with you, Sammi?’
But Sammi had no idea what they were talking about. He was feeling completely lost. ‘I don’t know,’ he said. ‘What is peekinick ?’
Chapter Ten
Asha clapped her hand to her forehead. ‘Oh, Sammi, I’m sorry!’ she exclaimed. ‘Of course you don’t know what a picnic is. It’s when we get food from inside and take it outside somewhere lovely – like a beach at the seaside, or the middle of a wood, or the pony paddock! Then we all sit around on the ground to eat it.’
‘Oh.’ Sammi was puzzled. Asha seemed really excited, but he couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about. It was quite normal to eat outside, sitting on the ground – they used to do it in Afghanistan all the time.
‘Come on. It’ll be lovely,’ Asha carried on. ‘Let’s go and tell Cynthia first – we were going there anyway! And we’ll sort out some treats for her to eat.’
‘What is treats?’ asked Sammi.
‘Treats are the favourite naughty things that everyone loves to eat,’ explained Asha. ‘They’re the things that you’re not allowed to have too often!’
‘We have treats too, at this peekinick ?’
‘Oh, yes, lots,’ said Asha. ‘Didn’t you see all those cakes that Kerry was holding?’
Sammi was beginning to like the sound of this. He followed Asha as she skipped off towards the feed room.
‘We can take some swedes for Cynthia,’ said Asha. ‘She loves them! And while we’re here, we can collect a bucket of pony nuts for Dusty and the horses. Perhaps you could do that while I get the swedes?’
Sammi went over to the sacks of feed and shovelled a couple of scoops of
Sammi nodded. He hadn’t been coming to City Farm anywhere near as long as Asha, but it had already made such a difference to him. He looked around, thinking that there would soon be big houses sitting right here, where the sunshine was beaming down through the trees and lighting up Dusty’s coat... It was an awful thought. He couldn’t bear to imagine it.
‘Let’s go and see the other animals together,’ suggested Asha.
The afternoon sun seemed to give everything a golden glow as they wandered around the farm. Curly and Lizzie ran over, bleating, as they reached their paddock, and the goats gave them a noisy welcome too.
‘They all think it’s feeding time!’ said Asha. ‘I wish we could explain to them exactly what’s happening. It’s not fair, it’s really not!’
They scratched heads and patted necks and made a fuss of everyone, then moved on to say goodbye to Cynthia, the Tamworth pig. They were just approaching her sty when they heard Kerry’s voice floating from the direction of the barn. ‘Asha! Sammi! Where are you?’
‘Coming!’ they called.
Kerry was standing in the barn doorway holding a big tray of cakes from the cafe. ‘We have a very useful job for everyone,’ she explained. ‘We don’t want these cakes to go to waste. We need to finish them off today, so we’re going to gather everyone in the pony paddock to have a picnic.’
‘Oh! That’s a wonderful idea! I love picnics!’ said Asha. She hesitated. ‘But I haven’t said a proper goodbye to the rabbits and guinea pigs yet. Do you think they could join us, somehow?’
‘Well, as this might be our last full day, I think we should include as many of the animals as possible,’ said Kerry. ‘I’ve already asked Rory and Jack to sort out some mini pens for the smaller animals. The others can all just join in for once!’
‘Brilliant,’ enthused Asha. ‘Sammi and I can go around telling everyone what’s happening! And can we get treats together for all the animals to eat as well?’
‘Yes, of course,’ said Kerry. ‘That would be really helpful.’
‘We’ll get started then,’ said Asha. ‘Is that OK with you, Sammi?’
But Sammi had no idea what they were talking about. He was feeling completely lost. ‘I don’t know,’ he said. ‘What is peekinick ?’
Chapter Ten
Asha clapped her hand to her forehead. ‘Oh, Sammi, I’m sorry!’ she exclaimed. ‘Of course you don’t know what a picnic is. It’s when we get food from inside and take it outside somewhere lovely – like a beach at the seaside, or the middle of a wood, or the pony paddock! Then we all sit around on the ground to eat it.’
‘Oh.’ Sammi was puzzled. Asha seemed really excited, but he couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about. It was quite normal to eat outside, sitting on the ground – they used to do it in Afghanistan all the time.
‘Come on. It’ll be lovely,’ Asha carried on. ‘Let’s go and tell Cynthia first – we were going there anyway! And we’ll sort out some treats for her to eat.’
‘What is treats?’ asked Sammi.
‘Treats are the favourite naughty things that everyone loves to eat,’ explained Asha. ‘They’re the things that you’re not allowed to have too often!’
‘We have treats too, at this peekinick ?’
‘Oh, yes, lots,’ said Asha. ‘Didn’t you see all those cakes that Kerry was holding?’
Sammi was beginning to like the sound of this. He followed Asha as she skipped off towards the feed room.
‘We can take some swedes for Cynthia,’ said Asha. ‘She loves them! And while we’re here, we can collect a bucket of pony nuts for Dusty and the horses. Perhaps you could do that while I get the swedes?’
Sammi went over to the sacks of feed and shovelled a couple of scoops of
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