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prepared a hot spread, with fluffy scrambled eggs, crispy bacon, buttery mushrooms and piles of buttered toast. But no one had been hungry, so it was all going to waste.
    â€œIt’s our word against theirs,” mumbled Mum as she wiped the twins’ faces and took off their bibs.

    â€œListen to an old girl like me!” said Granny. “I keep saying it and no one will listen. This will sort itself out in a way you can’t imagine. I am confident the truth will win through. The fact is, our girls haven’t cheated, so we should feel proud of them, whatever happens. It’s only a contest.”
    Poppy and Honey hoped more than anything in the world that Granny Bumble was right, but neither of them could see how it was going to happen.
    Dad went out again almost immediately, this time with Poppy and Honey, and dropped by the temporary office of
You’re a Star!
, which was in the
Camomile Chronicle
building. He asked if they could re-register with another song.
    An administrator came through to speak to Dad and reluctantly agreed that the girls could be included if they came up with a song by Friday tea time.
    â€œThat gives us less than two days to think of a new tune, words, dance routine and everything!” wailed Poppy as Dad took her and Honey round to Daisy’s summer house.
    Daisy, Lily and Rose were already there, feeling very de-motivated and still shocked. On hearing the news about the new song being acceptable, they tried to jot down some notes but they were struggling for inspiration.
    â€œWhy don’t we write about school?” suggested Lily. “How awful it is – especially with a headmaster like Farrington.”

    The girls perked up a bit at this idea.
    â€œYes,” agreed Daisy. “We could call it
High School Blues
. That could work. But it won’t be as cool as
Chocolate Sundae Girls
. That was the best song we’ve ever written.”
    All the girls murmured their agreement, but they did not want to be left out of the contest so they settled down to some serious song-writing.
    â€œHow does this sound?” asked Lily.
    â€œThat’s a great start, Lil!” said Daisy. “We could really work with that. But I can’t think of a good dance idea and there’s not enough time to ask Claudine.”
    â€œLet’s just concentrate on the song, shall we?” said Rose. “I don’t feel in the mood for dancing anyway. Why do such unfair things happen? Why do the goodies always win in the movies, but in real life the baddies always win?”
    â€œNo, Rose,” Lily said sagely. “It’s just that in real life the goodies take much longer to win. But let’s not give up. Let’s get on with this song – I’m sure we can make it work.”

    Daisy burst into floods oftears. “But the other song is great too – how dare she do this to us! It’s so mean.”
    The girls comforted their friend, who was normally so positive. Somehow they would get through this – they knew they were in the right.

Chapter Nine
    BACK AT THE Pebbles, Grandpa had some time to think and came up with another idea. He turned to his two distraught daughters, Lavender and Delphi, both nursing cups of tea and aching over the problems facing their beloved girls.
    â€œWhat if you were to go down to the cave where Lilac and the Mermaids rehearse and keep their stuff? After all, that’s where I overheard their song. Perhaps that way we could find some proof of what they’ve beenup to. Maybe our girls’ lost song sheet will be there – who knows?”
    Delphi and Lavender liked the idea and thought it was worth a try.
    â€œLet’s take the girls with us. They deserve to see what’s going on in there,” said Mum.
    â€œOK, why not wait until they’re finished in the summer house?” said Grandpa. “Maybe I’ll come too, to save you getting lost.”
    So, after Daisy,