Mystery for Megan (10 page)

‘What are we going to do?’ Megan asked Freya.

‘We could go to Lego club,’ Freya suggested.

Megan didn’t really want to, but what else were they going to do?

‘We could make a Lego treehouse,’ Freya said.

‘A yellow one, with red stripes,’ agreed Megan.

‘And a blue ladder,’ added Freya.

Perhaps it would be fun after all.

The girls found a space on the rug in Year One’s classroom and spread the bricks out in front of them until they had enough to make the walls.

‘I bet this one won’t be six steps by five,’ said Megan.

‘It won’t even be one step by one, will it?’ laughed Freya.

Alex and Thomas, from their form, came over and asked the girls what they were doing.

‘We’re making a treehouse,’ said Freya.

‘Can we help?’ said Alex. He loved treehouses.

The girls both nodded.

‘Megan has a treehouse in her garden that we play in,’ said Freya. ‘This one’s going to be yellow and red and blue.’

‘Wow!’ Alex said to Megan. ‘You’re so lucky. I’d love a treehouse! Do you play there a lot?’

‘All the time,’ said Megan. ‘It’s mine and Freya’s special place and we have books in there and pens and things.’

‘You’re so lucky,’ Alex said. ‘It’s so busy at my house, with my baby brother and two sisters, that I can never have anyone over.’

‘You’ll have to pretend that this is your treehouse, Alex,’ said Freya, ‘and these little people are us.’

The children all laughed. They had a great time building the treehouse and called it their rainbow house.

‘It’s a treehouse of many colours,’ said Megan. ‘Just like a rainbow.’

In bed that night, Megan thought about Alex and his very busy house and she wondered if Freya was thinking about him too.
He’s so friendly,
thought Megan.
It’d be so nice if he could have friends round.
And as she closed her eyes, she found herself thinking about Buttercup and how kind he was, and somehow, it comforted her. She thought
about how he had helped Granny and Jonathon, and how he had helped her and Freya too. And she remembered how she had felt that the animals were protecting them.

Megan crossed her fingers and hoped that maybe, just maybe, Buttercup would be able to help Alex too.