Jessica and Jewel E-Book

Kelly McKain

• Herausgeber: Little Tiger Press
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Serie: Pony Camp Diaries
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2012

Seitenzahl: 64

Beschreibung

Saddle up for a week in pony paradise! At Sunnyside Stables, each girl gets her own pony to look after and ride for a week. Jessica can't wait to get riding when she arrives at Sunnyside Stables. Especially when she gets fiery, free-spirited Jewel as her pony for the week. More exciting still, it turns out that they're all off on a trail ride and a cowboy camp under the stars. Yee-ha!

Leseprobe

For all you fab Pony Camp fans everywhere, with love xx

With special thanks to our cover stars, Lucy and Morris, pony guru Janet Rising and our brill photographer, Zoe Cannon.

www.kellymckain.co.uk

Contents

Title Page

Dedication

Entry One: Monday – a bit past 9a.m. I’ve just arrived here at Pony Camp!

Entry Two: I’m quickly writing this while everyone’s getting their stuff unpacked

Entry Three: Pony Camp is FAB!

Entry Four: Still Monday – in bed

Entry Five: Tuesday morning (early!) – urgh, I’m so tired!

Entry Six: Tuesday – I’m writing this after lunch while Bailey and Dannii are on washing-up duty

Entry Seven: I’m writing this in my room, after swimming and showers

Entry Eight: I’m writing this after lights out – lucky I remembered my torch!

Entry Nine: Wednesday – we’re just about to go on the trail ride

Entry Ten: Wednesday still – we’ve now set up camp and I’m having a rest in our tent and writing this while the others go for a look around

Entry Eleven: Thursday night – back in my bed at Pony Camp!

Entry Twelve: OK, I'm back!

Entry Thirteen: Friday morning – well, guess what? I got my girly sleepover after all!

Entry Fourteen: At home again! This week has gone by in a whirl!

Copyright

THIS DIARY BELONGS TO

Dear Riders,

A warm welcome to Sunnyside Stables!

Sunnyside is our home and for the next week it will be yours, too! My husband Johnny and I have two children, Millie and James, plus two dogs … and all the ponies, of course!

We have friendly yard staff and a very talented instructor, Sally, to help you get the most out of your week. If you have any worries or questions about anything at all, just ask. We’re here to help, and we want your holiday to be as enjoyable as possible – so don’t be shy!

As you know, you will have a pony to look after as your own for the week. Your pony can’t wait to meet you and start having fun! During your stay, you’ll be caring for your pony, improving your riding, learning new skills and making new friends. And this week we’re off on a cowboy-style trail ride and camp out under the stars – yee hah! Add swimming, games and films, and you’re in for a fun-filled holiday to remember!

This special Pony Camp Diary is for you to fill with your holiday memories. We hope you’ll write all about your adventures here at Sunnyside Stables – because we know you’re going to have lots!

Wishing you a wonderful time with us!

Jody xx

Monday – a bit past 9a.m. I’ve just arrived here at Pony Camp!

Me and my little sister Tegan are first here because Mum had an early meeting and she needed to drop us off beforehand. Jody (the nice lady who runs Pony Camp) is still busy sorting out all the bedding upstairs, so we’re sitting at the kitchen table at the moment. She gave us some juice and drawing stuff to keep us busy, and these cool Pony Camp Diaries, one each, which is what I’m writing in right now. Tegan’s drawing a fairy, with pink wings but also skinny jeans like my ones and Ugg boots.

I’m so excited about Pony Camp! I can’t wait to find out which pony I’m getting, and spending a whole week riding will be fantastic!

I usually go to the stables on Saturday mornings (Tegan comes too) and I’m not brilliant or anything, but I know the basics. I can walk, trot and canter, and do some of the trickier transitions like halt to trot (well, sometimes, if I’m on Molly!). I’ve even tried some jumping on Brandysnap, including a few combinations. My instructor, Jayne, tries to swap us round each week so we get lots of experience on different ponies. That’s great, but it’ll be so exciting to have the same pony all this week, as if he (or she!) is actually mine!

Oh, it’s going to be so – I’ll have my own pony, and be sharing a room with girls my own age! At home I have to share with Tegan, which means I’m always tripping over her Barbies, and she’s always pinching my glitter eyeshadow and wasting LOADS! And it means NO noise after 7.30p.m. when she goes to bed – so no PlayStation or TV or music. I’m allowed my bedside lamp on to read, but I even have to turn the pages of my book quietly!

I’m madly into boarding school books at the moment and I’m extra excited because this week will be just like boarding school, but even better ’cos we’ll have ponies. I’ve bought loads of stuff for a midnight feast, and I’ve been saving up a few really juicy secrets to tell when we do our whispering in the middle of the night.

And I chose to come specially this week because there’s going to be a trail ride and camp out! I’ve always been into cowboys and western stuff so going on a real trail ride is a dream come true! Getting to trek through miles and miles of open country, and camping out under the stars, and having sausages and beans, and singing round the fire will be so exciting!

Tegan isn’t bothered about the trail ride, or even about ponies that much, but of course as soon as I showed Mum the brochure for Pony Camp, my sis wanted to come too. Mum and Dad were keen on that, because if we both went it meant they could have a break away on their own, so they’re off to Cornwall tomorrow. I said, “What about me having a holiday by myself without Tegan?” and Mum laughed and replied, “Well, Dad and I haven’t had a holiday by ourselves since before you were born, so I reckon we get priority, don’t you, Jess? Anyway, think about your sister. She’d much rather be with you and a lot of other girls rather than just us two.”

Mum doesn’t understand, and well, it is hard to explain. It’s not like I mind T being here, but it’s … well, I kind of just want to be me, Jess, and do my own thing, without having to worry about looking after her for a change. I mean, of course I like doing things with her, she’s my little sis, but she’s 7 and I’m 10 and a half, so it’s not exactly as though we enjoy the same things. She always wants me to play these made-up games with her, like schools or doctors, and sometimes they go on for hours. Mum and Dad run a mail order business together and they’re usually in their office (i.e. the spare room) and they’re always saying “in a minute” and “I just need to finish this”, so I’m left doing stuff with Tegan a lot of the time.

Oh well, we’re both here now and that’s that, so there’s no point complaining about it. Hopefully there’ll be some younger girls she can make friends with, anyway.

I can’t wait for everyone else to get here so Pony Camp can really get started! Then I’ll have LOADS to write about!

I’m quickly writing this while everyone’s getting their stuff unpacked

Can you believe it? Me and Tegan have been put in a room together, because we’re sisters! All my sleepover plans are completely ruined and it’s going to be just like it is at home (i.e. BORING!).