Poppy jumped up and hugged her mum. ‘That’s so great,’ she said. ‘You totally deserve it.’
‘It’s just so strange, don’t you think?’ beamed her mum. ‘We were just talking about wishes. It’s such a coincidence.’
‘It is kind of weird, I guess,’ said Poppy. ‘But coincidences happen all the time, Mum.’
Astrid took off her headphones. ‘What are you two talking about?’ she asked.
‘Mum just won a supermarket raffle!’ said Poppy. ‘Isn’t that amazing? She’s going on a holiday to a tropical island.’
Astrid scowled. ‘I don’t believe it,’ she said. ‘No-one ever wins those raffles.’
‘Yes they do,’ Poppy retorted. ‘Because Mum just did.’
‘A limousine is going to pick me up first thing tomorrow,’ announced Mrs Miller. ‘I’d better go and pack.’
‘Good idea,’ said Poppy. ‘And don’t worry about anything here. Me and Astrid and Dad will be fine. We’ll tidy the place up while you’re gone.’
‘Well,’ smiled her mum before she danced off down the hall, ‘that would be another wish come true!’
Poppy felt great. Granting a wish – the right kind of wish – was wonderful. But Astrid didn’t seem quite so pleased about it all. She frowned at Poppy. ‘There is something weird going on,’ she said. ‘First you get a scholarship to an ultra-gifted school. Then mum wins a holiday. But I haven’t won anything for weeks. It’s all wrong.’
‘I’m sure you’ll have some good luck again soon, sis,’ said Poppy cheerfully.
Astrid looked like she had more to say, but just then Poppy’s Dial-Up started beeping. ‘Sorry,’ said Poppy. ‘I have to take this call.’
‘You’ve got a phone?’ said Astrid.
‘It’s a school phone,’ said Poppy. ‘We ultragifted students need them.’ Then she slipped off to her room and answered the call. It was Lexie.
‘I’m just ringing to see how you’re enjoying yourself,’ she said. ‘I remember my first few days at Genie High. There was so much to get used to. And it’s extra-tricky when you’re a Golden genie, of course.’
Poppy paused for a moment, thinking about everything that had happened. There had been some hard bits, but there had been plenty of amazing, fun bits too. And it was going to be tough not flying Rocket for three months, but it didn’t mean she would enjoy Genie High any less.
‘I love Genie High,’ said Poppy simply. ‘There’s nowhere else I’d rather be.’
Tweenie Genie: Genie High School
first published in 2010
this edition published in 2012 by
Hardie Grant Egmont
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Text copyright © 2010 Meredith Badger
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