Щенок Элли, или Долгая дорога домой / Ellie the Homesick Puppy

Moving house was exciting and scary at the same time. Megan’s bedroom in the new house was much bigger than this one, which would be great – but then she was really going to miss her best friend[5] Bella, and all her mates from school. They had broken up for the Easter holidays the day before, and everyone in her class had got together to make her a huge card[6], with all their photos on it and a message from each of them. She’d almost cried when they gave it to her, thinking how they’d all tried so hard to make it special. It was sitting on her desk now, so she could pack it very carefully at the top of one of the boxes, last thing. Megan looked at it and sighed.

New friends

The best thing was that in two days’ time, Megan and Ellie would be able to step out of their back door and ramble wherever they wanted. Here they only had the park, and Megan wasn’t allowed to walk Ellie[8] on her own[9]. She knew she was going to have to be very careful[10] going for walks in the countryside near their new house, and every time she mentioned it, Mum kept reminding[11] her about being responsible and not going too far. But all the same, she was practically going to have a wood at the end of her garden! It was going to be brilliant! She’d be able to take Ellie[12] over to her Gran’s house, too, as Gran lived just about in walking distance[13] from their new house.