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the car for me.’
    When Jenny and her parents passed by in their car, Jenny waved. Sadie felther heart swell and was sure that they would soon make up properly.
    Sadie rejoined her mum and dad just as a little door in the side of the circus opened. Lena popped her head out. She was still wearing her stage make-up. ‘Hi, Sadie! Did you enjoy the show?’ she called.
    ‘It was wonderful! Fantastic!’ Sadie enthused.
    Presto shot out from behind Lena and made a beeline for Sadie’s shoulder bag. Jumping up and down, he whined excitedly for Flame to come out and play.
    ‘Uh-oh,’ Sadie murmured, gently pushing the little dog away from her bag with one foot. ‘Shoo! Go away, Presto!’

    Any minute now her parents were going to wonder what was going on.
    Presto put his front paws on Sadie’s bag and scrabbled, trying to nose his way inside.
    ‘What’s he after?’ her dad wanted to know.
    Sadie’s heart sank, but she put on her most innocent expression. ‘No, er, idea.’
    ‘Hmm.’ Mr Allen bent down. He started to undo the bag’s zipper.
    It’s going to be OK. Flame’s invisible, Sadie comforted herself silently.
    And then everything happened at once.
    A large brown and white dog shot out of a nearby alleyway. It spotted Presto and came bounding towards him. Presto yelped with terror. He dived head first into Sadie’s half-open shoulder bag and landed on Flame.
    ‘Yeo-row-row!’ Flame screeched with surprise.
    ‘What the…’ Mr Allen gasped.
    Sadie made a frantic grab for her bag, but the big dog beat her to it. It grasped it in its enormous teeth and began dragging it towards the alleyway.
    ‘Hey! Come back!’ Sadie yelled.
    She dashed into the dark alleyway,followed closely by her parents. There was no time to think of a plan. She had to get the bag away from the dog somehow. Flame wouldn’t risk using his magic with her mum and dad so close.
    The dog had backed up against a wall. It had dropped the bag, but stood over it, growling menacingly. Sadie daren’t risk trying to grab the bag while it was within reach of those huge sharp teeth.
    She suddenly remembered that she had a half-eaten tube of aniseed sweets in her pocket. Dogs loved the smell of aniseed, didn’t they? Taking out the sweets, she waved them about. The dog sniffed the air and licked its chops.
    Hoping like mad that she could distract the dog for even a few seconds,Sadie rolled two sweets down the alley. The dog crept forward, keeping a wary eye on her, before darting towards the sweets and crunching them up.
    Quick as a flash, her heart beating fast, Sadie lurched forward and seized the bag. She threw the rest of the tube of sweets at the dog and hurtled out of the alley.

    As soon as she was safely in the street outside, Sadie opened her bag. ‘Are you all right, Flame?’ she panted. ‘I thought that horrible dog was going to eat you!’ As she picked him up, a few sparks in his black fur fizzed against her hand before they went out.
    Flame rubbed his head against her arm. ‘I am fine. Thank you for saving me, Sadie. You were very brave. You could have been badly bitten,’ he purred.
    ‘I just couldn’t bear to let him hurt you,’ Sadie said, trying to catch her breath. Now that she thought about the danger she had been in, her knees felt all weak and wobbly.
    Sadie reached into her bag with her free hand and lifted Presto out. Thelittle dog was trembling from head to foot. He gave a relieved little yap and began licking Flame’s ears.
    ‘Sadie?’
    Mr and Mrs Allen stared at the little dog and the fluffy black kitten in their daughter’s arms and then looked down at the open shoulder bag.
    Sadie looked at her parents. Flame hadn’t had time to make himself invisible. I’m in so much trouble, she thought.
    ‘Is there something you want to tell me, young lady?’ her dad said sternly.

Chapter
* SEVEN *
    Sadie realized there was only one possible thing to do. She burst into tears.
    ‘Oh, dear!’ Mrs Allen rushed up