PUZZLE PIECE 6 ESME AND THE HORSES No one could guess this, It’s so unreal it’s torture, An old friend returns, Where she’s been, I do not know, Will she stay a while, who knows..? My purchases from the witches’ shop brought me a modicum of luck, as nothing untoward happened after our shopping trip. I still hadn’t found the Bloodstone but perhaps the angel from the witch’s shop was keeping me and my family safe. The days just seemed to roll by, each one much the same as the next, Thursday was the new Wednesday, and Tuesday kept on rolling back to Monday. A full schedule of school activities kept me busy, with after-school study sessions, clubs, homework, and drama rehearsals. That changed when I witnessed some real-life feline drama – Shadow’s miaowing. He went on and on and wouldn

