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- Herausgeber: Little Tiger Press
- Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
- Serie: Pooch Parlour
- Sprache: Englisch
Wedding Tails is the fourth book in Pooch Parlour, a glitzy new series for children who love dogs and adore giving them the luxuries everyone's best friends deserve, written by Katy Cannon. Pooch Parlour is more than just a grooming salon it's doggy heaven! Abi and the Pooch Parlour team are helping with the celebrity wedding of the year! The bride and groom want to get married with their Dalmatians by their side the only trouble is getting the playful pups to stay in one place! Can Abi make sure everything goes to plan on the big day? Polka and Smudge are in the spotlight! Full of adorable animals, celebrity customers and dressing up, the glamorous world of Pooch Parlour is sure to delight children who love Rainbow Magic, Secret Kingdom and other sweet and sparkly reads.
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Seitenzahl: 59
Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015
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Contents
Chapter One
Abi bounced excitedly in the passenger seat of the pink Pooch Parlour van. She’d been looking forward to this day all summer – the day of the most exciting (and dog-friendly) wedding of the year! Pop star Maria was getting married to celebrity chef Joey Henshaw that afternoon. They had met while they were both walking their pet Dalmatians in the local park, and now those same dogs would be the ring bearers at their wedding!
Most wonderful of all, Maria and Joey had asked Abi’s Aunt Tiffany to bring the staff of her luxury dog-grooming salon, Pooch Parlour, to the hotel to groom all the dogs attending the wedding. And since Abi was helping at Pooch Parlour for the summer, she got to go too!
On the back seat of the van, Hugo the miniature dachshund and Abi’s dog Lulu, a bichon frise, were in their travel crate ready for the drive. Aunt Tiffany had explained that travelling in the crate would keep them calm and safe during the journey and stop them from distracting her while she drove. They had plenty of space, though, and at that moment they were both snuggled down, looking ready for the journey. The dogs were dressed in special pink T-shirts with the Pooch Parlour logo on them – Mel, the wardrobe mistress, had ordered them especially for the big day!
The back of the van was filled with boxes of things they needed to set up a mobile Pooch Parlour at the wedding venue. Abi bit her lip as she thought about what a busy – but brilliant – day they had ahead of them.
“Right! We’re ready to go,” Aunt Tiffany said, climbing into the driver’s seat. “Mel, Rebecca and Kim will be wondering what’s happened to us! They left almost half an hour ago.”
“Will it take long to get there?” Abi asked, as Aunt Tiffany started the engine.
“About an hour,” Aunt Tiffany said.
Abi stared out of the window as they drove, watching the busy streets and tall buildings of central London slowly fade into green fields and countryside. The dogs were so quiet that Abi suspected they had fallen asleep. She thought about closing her eyes – but she was far too excited to snooze!
Finally, after what seemed like hours, Abi spotted the Washington House Hotel. It was the grandest, most beautiful house she’d ever seen, with ivy climbing up its walls and a wood spreading out behind the building.
Aunt Tiffany’s pink van came to a stop at the top of the long drive, in front of the hotel. Abi stepped out and looked up at the ivy and the countless windows and the chimneys that ran all along the roof. The Washington House Hotel looked even grander from close up!
Aunt Tiffany went to talk to a man in uniform, so Abi opened the travel crate and let Lulu and Hugo jump down. She clipped leads on to both the dogs, just in case. Abi didn’t think either of them would run off, but she didn’t want to take any chances today.
With the dogs panting at her feet in the hot sun, Abi stood back and took in the amazing view around the hotel. Surrounded by fields and trees, she could hardly believe that they were so close to London.
“This place is incredible,” Abi whispered.
“Isn’t it?”
Abi looked up to see a younger girl wearing shorts and a T-shirt standing on the steps to the front door of the hotel. She had blonde hair in bunches, and freckles all over her nose.
“I think this is the best place I’ve ever been. Ever! I’m Molly, by the way. I’m one of the bridesmaids – Maria’s my sister.”
Molly was a bit shorter than she was, and Abi guessed her to be about seven. She smiled as Molly came down the steps, skipping with excitement.
“I’m Abi,” Abi said, laughing as Lulu barked at her feet. “And this is Lulu. We’re here with my aunt Tiffany – and this little guy is Hugo. Aunt Tiffany runs Pooch Parlour. She’s responsible for grooming and dressing all the dogs today, and running the Doggy Daycare. And I get to help out.” She couldn’t help but smile with a bit of pride when she said that.
“Really?” Molly breathed. “Oh my gosh, I love dogs! That must be the most exciting job in the world!”
“It is,” Abi said happily. “When I grow up, I want to work with animals too. Aunt Tiffany says that helping out at Pooch Parlour this summer will be good practice!”
“Wow!” Molly looked very impressed. Abi thought it was funny that a girl who was bridesmaid at the biggest wedding of the year was excited by the idea of looking after dogs. “I really, really wish I could help too. Do you think your aunt would let me?”
“I don’t know,” Abi said. Molly seemed very keen and eager to help, and she said she loved dogs. “But I can ask her!”
Chapter Two
Molly bounced up and down on the spot, her hands clasped together in front of her. “Would you? That would be so great! I mean, I know the wedding will be exciting, but right now everyone’s just getting ready and there’s nothing for me to do and it’s, well…” She looked around, as if to make sure no one else was listening, then leaned in towards Abi. “It’s kind of boring,” she whispered.
Abi grinned. “Come on,” she said. “That’s Aunt Tiffany over there, talking to the hotel staff. Let’s go and ask her.”
Molly’s eyes grew wide. “That’s your aunt? She’s very glamorous.”
“She is. But she’s very nice,” Abi assured the younger girl. “Come on.”
Tugging Molly’s hand she led her over to Aunt Tiffany, with Hugo and Lulu’s leads in her other hand.
Over by the van, Aunt Tiffany had just finished talking to a man in uniform and a lady in a suit when Abi and Molly arrived.
“Right Abi, let’s go and get set up,” Aunt Tiffany said, then smiled as she spotted Molly. “Hello. Who’s this?”
“This is Molly, Maria’s sister,” Abi explained. “She’s going to be a bridesmaid later, but there’s nothing for her to do right now. Do you think that maybe she could help us for a while?”
“Well, that depends.” Aunt Tiffany turned to Molly, bending slightly as she spoke to the younger girl. “Firstly, do you like dogs?” Molly nodded, looking very serious. “And do dogs like you?” Molly nodded again, even harder.
