Millie and her Farm Friends

By Mary Peters

Millie has a special gift - she can talk to the animals. And luckily for her she lives on a farm with a host of chatty creatures, including Mazie the pot-bellied pig and Daisy the cow, not forgetting her beloved West Highland Terrier, Lucky. But with her new pet hamster and two pygmy goats arriving, Millie has her hands full...much to Lucky's dismay! A beautifully illustrated and informative book that every child will cherish.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Legend Press
• Release date: Aug 9, 2016
• ISBN: 9781785078125

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Millie and her Farm Friends

Millie was an only child who lived on a farm in Cornwall with her mum and dad, and they had lots of animals, including cows, sheep and pigs.

Her favourite animals were Daisy the cow, a pot-bellied pig called Mazie and her dog Lucky, a West Highland Terrier. These three had a special bond with her. She could talk to them. Her mum and dad thought she had a special gift with animals and had a great imagination. She was the joy of their life.

Time to get up for school Millie, her mum called up the stairs. And before you come down I want you to wash your face and hands and clean your teeth and put your clean clothes on. I have laid them out on the chair for you.

Alright, Mum. Millie came down and sat at the kitchen table and her mum gave her scrambled eggs on toast, which was her favourite, and a glass of milk.

Where is Lucky?

He is still asleep in his basket. I’ll take him out when I come back from dropping you off at school.

When she had finished her breakfast she asked her mum if she could go and see Daisy and Mazie.

Alright, but brush your hair first and put your wellingtons and coat on, it’s chilly out there and I don’t want you catching a cold.

Millie went to the barn first and saw Daisy who seemed a bit miserable. What’s wrong Daisy? she asked.

I’m bored being in the barn all day, said Daisy.

Millie was sad for her but told her to be grateful. She had lots of straw to sleep on and plenty of hay to eat. Just imagine Daisy, if you were a polar bear in the Arctic in the freezing cold and had to dig your den with icicles dripping from your nose.

I suppose so, Daisy said, but I’m still bored.

I will bring you some bread when I get home from school, but I must go and see Mazie now.

Daisy liked Mazie, they had become friends and she talked to her when she was outdoors in the next field.

When Millie went to see Mazie in her pigsty she was grunting and rolling in the mud. Are you alright Mazie? Millie asked.

Not really, she replied. When my piglets are suckling on my teats I feel so tired.

Millie told her to not to feel so glum. You are so kind and the nicest pig I will ever find.

Thank you, Mazie remarked, but they are hard work all the same.

Millie, where are you? her mum called out the window. Time to go to school.

Alright, Mum, I’m coming.

As Millie got in the car and sat down, she rolled down the window and saw Lucky barking and wagging his tail. I’ll see you when I come home. Be a good boy, she said.

Goodness me, Millie’s mum Sally remarked, I must have left the back door open. I know he won’t go far but he will get filthy! Lucky always headed for the pigsty and finding a hole in the fence, he liked nothing better than rolling in the mud and chatting to Mazie.

When Sally looked at her watch she realized she was running late. We will just have to go. Lucky will need another bath when I get home.

I think he copies Mazie, Mum. She loves rolling in the mud.

Your teacher won’t be very pleased if we arrive late. Fasten your seat belt, and let’s go.

When Millie arrived at the school gates her friends were waiting for her. She was very popular and always had loads of stories to tell, even though it was all in her imagination.

Miss Parker took the first class, which was English.