Moon Princess by Barbara Laban

helps a lot. Now, tell us what happened at the temple today.’
    Sienna described everything that had happened, including the invitation from the monk to join them for the Moon Festival celebrations. Zou’s eyes shone with pride when Sienna told him how the hare had helped her to find her way to and from the temple.
    â€˜A childish dragon and now a sparkling hare, this just keeps on getting better,’ grumbled Rufus.
    â€˜Let’s get some sleep,’ said Zou, ruffling Rufus’s fur. ‘Tomorrow is another day.’ He glanced at the sky through the tiny kitchen window. ‘It’s almost a full moon. And the day after tomorrow is the Moon Festival.’
    As Zou laid mattresses out on the floor, Sienna thought again about where Feng and Xiaolong might be.
    â€˜Do you think he’s all right?’ asked Sienna.
    â€˜Don’t worry,’ Zou replied. ‘This is his home city, so he won’t get lost.’
    Sienna snuggled up to Rufus and felt herself drifting quickly into sleep. With the familiar warmth of her spaniel friend back by her side, she knew she could now find Mum – she was sure of it.

11 Gege – Big Brother
    S ienna was back in England. She was in her classroom at school, with Rufus. Everyone was staring at her. Mrs Kay, her maths teacher, seemed to be waiting for her to answer a question .
    Rufus whispered the solution to her .
    â€˜ Sorry, Mrs Kay. I think x equals five,’ Sienna answered .
    Mrs Kay frowned. ‘Correct. But please stop talking to yourself now.’
    Sienna realized she had been whispering with Rufus. The girls behind her giggled. She felt furious with them!
    Suddenly Mum came through the door. Her face was dirty and her clothes were ragged. Her arms and legs were covered with scratches and mosquito bites. She reached out to Sienna. ‘I miss you so much, my little one, please forgive me …’
    Sienna wanted to jump up and to run to her mother, but a wall appeared out of the ground .
    â€˜Mum!’ she cried. ‘I can’t reach you!’
    Before the wall blocked her view, Sienna saw something white had appeared on her mother’s shoulder .
    It was Minka .
    A delicious smell awoke her. On the kitchen table steamed a pot of hot tea, with mantou bread lying beside it. Rufus was snoring in her arms. Sienna placed the dog carefully on to the pillow and got up.
    Zou greeted her cheerfully. ‘Delicious dragon’s head tea and warm mantou . Unless you’d prefer rice soup with dried meat.’
    Sienna looked at Zou doubtfully. Dragon’shead tea?
    â€˜That’s just what they call it,’ explained Zou, seeming to read her thoughts. The doctor sat down beside Sienna at the table and bit into his bread. ‘Now, whilst we were sleeping, Bai has been busy. There’s still no sign of Feng, but Bai tuzi tells me he knows where he is. I think it’s time we paid Feng a visit.’
    Sienna hurriedly ate some bread and drank a slurp of tea. Then, after a quick visit to the bathroom, she tied the headscarf around her hair again. She was worried about Feng. He had seemed so sad yesterday when he’d told her about his fear of going to the temple. Plus she knew it was getting him down that he couldn’t see his little dragon friend, or the other invisible creatures. Getting her things together, Sienna woke up Rufus. ‘Time to get up, sleepyhead!’ she whispered.
    The dog got to his feet, grumbling. ‘I’d rather stay here and sleep but I suppose I had better come with you – you’ll only get yourself into difficulties without me. And they say humans are the most intelligent species. What a joke.’
    They were about to go downstairs whenSienna suddenly remembered the folder the monk had given her, containing her mother’s papers. She dashed back to her room to fetch it. She had been so pleased to see Rufus yesterday that she’d forgotten all about it! She stuffed