Jigsaw
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Putting together jigsaw puzzles brings unexpected adventures for two cousins. Rachel and Toby discover that keeping a baby dragon, especially one with a tendency to grow larger every day, is no easy task.
Lynne Roberts
Lynne is a writer, musician, dance teacher and porcelain painter, among other things. She lives on an orchard in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand where she breeds donkeys and collects grandchildren. Lynne has written copious numbers of educational teaching resources from pre-school through to tertiary level. She writes story books and fantasy fiction for children and poetry for children and adults, always with a strong vein of humour. Lynne also writes musicals for which she composes the original music.
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Jigsaw - Lynne Roberts
Jigsaw
by Lynne Roberts
Published by Liberty Publications at Smashwords
Copyright 2014 Lynne Roberts
ISBN 978-1-927241-14-1
Smashwords Edition, License Notes
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Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter One
‘This is the worst holiday I have ever had,’ muttered Toby, as he kicked savagely at a clump of grass. Toby usually enjoyed school holidays and had been looking forward to this one all year. His whole family were going to walk the Milford track and camp out in huts, then he and his brother were going to the Scout Jamboree while his parents went to a business conference in Australia. Toby had already chosen the events he intended to do at the Jamboree. Weeks of pleading and saving of pocket money had resulted in him being allowed to enrol in the abseiling course, kayaking and water skiing. It was going to be the best holiday ever, then he had to go and get sick.
‘Glandular fever,’ the doctor had announced. ‘Plenty of rest and nothing too strenuous and you’ll be a box of birds again in a month or so.’
It was appalling. Toby had moped through the last week of the term. While his classmates were going on end of year picnics and outings he had been at home in bed. Even Christmas hadn’t been all that great as he was still feeling weak and wobbly and inclined to headaches while everyone else was disgustingly cheerful. The worst part, the very worst part, was that his parents and brother Jack were still going on their holiday and Jack had taken a friend along as well.
‘We couldn’t get our money back if we cancelled,’ explained his mother apologetically. ‘And it really wouldn’t be fair for all of us to stay at home because you were sick.’
Toby knew this was only reasonable but he scowled and sulked as his brother said he would bring back souvenirs from the Jamboree. Toby knew he couldn’t do all the Scout things as he still felt very washed out and his energy seemed to have gone completely. He asked his parents hopefully if he could go over to Australia with them. His father gave him a sympathetic smile but said, ‘I’m afraid not, son.’
‘Why not?’ Toby had demanded. ‘Why can’t I come too?’
His mother had patiently explained that she would be busy every day, as the conference had organised events for wives and partners.
‘You know you would hate going on bus trips to gardens and historic buildings,’ Mrs Rattray had pointed out. She had then gone ahead and arranged for Toby to spend the rest of the holidays with his aunt and uncle and their daughter Rachel who lived in the country. Toby was furious when he discovered this.
‘It will be so boring,’ he wailed.
‘It might be a lot of fun,’ his father pointed out. ‘You always said you wished we lived on a farm.’
‘But they don’t live on a farm. They just live next to one. You can’t call a piddly little orchard a farm. Anyway, Uncle Neville doesn’t even work on it, apart from weekends. He works in an office in the town.’
‘You’ll be able to play with Rachel,’ said his mother hopefully, but Toby had replied with a very rude word, which had him sent to bed early with no dessert. Nothing he could do would change his parents’ minds. They refused to let him stay at home alone and even his best friend let him down by inconsiderately going on holiday himself to cousins in Whangarei for four weeks.
Aunt Phoebe had made Toby very welcome, and at least he had a room of his own, but Toby very soon became bored. Rachel was no fun to play with. She would far rather read a book than kick a ball around or do anything even slightly interesting. She was perfectly polite whenever Toby spoke to her, which was as little as possible, but gave the impression she couldn’t wait until he went away so she could go on with reading her book.
‘Rachel is boring, boring, boring,’ muttered Toby hacking at another lump of grass. ‘She’s just a spoiled only child.’ He knew even as he spoke that this was hardly fair. Rachel may have been an only child but she certainly wasn’t spoiled. Her parents hardly fussed over her at all and Rachel herself was quiet and shy.
Toby had been installed in the