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    Olivia's Secret Wish
    Olivia's Secret Wish
    Olivia's Secret Wish
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    Olivia's Secret Wish

    By Christopher Best

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    When Olivia visits a pet shop for her ninth birthday she is presented with Jeremy, a plump brown gerbil in a glass cage. The shopkeeper knows it is not exactly the pet she was secretly longing for, but first Olivia must show him how responsible she can be. All goes well until the day she arrives home from school to find the cage left open, a trail of muddy footprints crossing the table top and Jeremy nowhere to be seen. After this, how is poor Olivia ever going to see her secret wish come true?
    Suggested age range: 8 and upwards. With illustrations.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristopher Best
    Release dateMay 4, 2012
    ISBN9781476248257
    Olivia's Secret Wish
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    Christopher Best

    Christopher Best is an author and composer, working in the South West of England. He has written two novels and several collections of short stories. His music work comprises over fifty compositions for a wide variety of media.

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      Book preview

      Olivia's Secret Wish - Christopher Best

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      OLIVIA’S SECRET WISH

      A story for children who like animals... and making wishes.

      By Chris Best

      Copyright 2012 Christopher Best

      Smashwords Edition

      Illustrations adapted from photographs by Chris and Maryam Best

      Thank you for downloading this free ebook. Although this short story is free, it remains the copyrighted property of the author, and may not be reproduced, copied and distributed for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this work, please encourage your friends to download their own copy at Smashwords.com, where they can also discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support.

      To Olivia and her family with affection.

      ~~~~

      Chapter 1

      When she was small, Olivia had a secret wish. But as we all know, the problem with a secret wish is that it cannot be shared, which means that nobody can help make it come true. All Olivia could do, whenever it came to birthdays or Christmases or visits from distant relatives, was to give out the biggest clues she could think of.

      And so it was, about a week before her ninth birthday, when her mum closed her big catalogue listing all the toys in the world and said with a sigh, "I don’t know, Olivia, everything in here is either too expensive, not suitable, or

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