The Flower Power Collection. Jean Ure

baths. Also there is no sixth form. I think maybe your gran does not realise this and if she did she would not want to send you there.

       Mum said about it the other day that it was “a snotty little school”. I think if you are used to going to a real school you would find it rather piddling. It is not really posh. I mean it is not where members of the Royal Family would go. It is just three ancient houses knocked together, and the teachers are quite ancient also. Like some of them have been here since practically Victorian times, I would think. They are not in the least bit cool!

       Another thing is that there are of course no boys, which is quite nice at the moment as I am not into boys but I cannot help feeling that later on, when you are say twelve or thirteen, you might wish that there were otherwise how will you ever get to know about them?

       I do not want to put you off or anything but your gran might not know what it is like and then she would feel that she had wasted her money and you would be disappointed and wish you had gone to a proper School. I thought I should tell you. It is only fair. We can still go on being pen pals!

       Please write as soon as you are not too busy.

       With luv and XXX

       Violet

       PS Have you been to any of your parties yet?

      Every day when I came home from school I looked for letters on the mat, but all there ever was was stuff for Mum and Dad. Nothing at all for me. One day there was even a letter for Lily.

      “Mine!” She snatched it from me. “Stinking swizzlesticks! Snail mail!”

      All it was was a form for her to fill in if she wanted to take part in some boring gymkhana. Not a real letter at all. I’d hoped so much that it might be for me.

      “Hey! What’s happened to the Blob?” said Lily. “Why don’t you ever hear from her any more?”

      There are times when me and Lily can almost seem to read each other’s minds. I suppose it’s what comes from being part of the same egg, even though we are now completely different.