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  Lottie’s sister, Emily, and her friends from Coral Tower came to sit with Ella and the others. One girl, Freya, was holding a lovely black cat with blue eyes and white paws.

  Freya shook back her blonde plaits and said to Lottie, “Do you remember my kitten, Minky? You were staying at my castle in Northernland when Minky got lost in the snow.”

  “Of course I remember!” said Lottie, stroking the little black cat. “I could never forget you, Minky.”

  After the picnic, Miss Goldwin organised them into teams ready for a three-legged race and a beanbag race.

  Lottie’s pony, Strawberry, trotted up to the fence to find out what all the excitement was about. He shook his long mane and gave a whinny. Then Summer’s parrot flew down to perch on her shoulder, not wanting to miss out on the fun either.

  Ella picked up Daisy from her rabbit run and hugged her. She looked round at all the girls and their pets having fun together. The castle looked bright in the sunshine. A gentle breeze blew in from the cliffs where the orange-and-white lighthouse gleamed in the middle of a sparkling blue sea.

  “Are you all right, Ella?” asked Rosalind.

  “I’m so glad I came here,” Ella told her with a big smile. “I know I’m going to love being a Rescue Princess.”

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  In memory of Alf and Dorothy

  THE RESCUE PRINCESSES: THE GOLDEN SHELL

  First published in the UK in 2014 by Nosy Crow Ltd

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  This ebook edition first published 2014

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  Text copyright © Paula Harrison, 2014

  Cover illustration © Sharon Tancredi, 2014

  Interior illustrations © Artful Doodlers, 2014

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