White Jade Tiger

tightened around her chest. Her heart raced with fear.
Run! Don’t look back! The warning came too late. Pie

“Inner strength is being aware of your own power and energy and having control over it. To have inner strength you must concentrate on your lower stomach, because that’s where your power is centred. And remember that tai chi is yin and yang working in harmony. The spiritual side is in balance with the physical side.”

her awake. For a moment, she didn’t know where she was or even who she was. And who had screamed? Surely that hadn’t been her voice.
For a long time she lay awake, trying to make sense of the recurring nightmare. The voice was becoming clearer. Someone was reaching out to her, and getting closer all the time.
“Two for me, one for the bowl.” Jasmine Steele knelt on the damp ground, happily picking her first crop of strawberries.
The strawberries had been her project right from the start. “You won’t have to do anything,” she promised, knowing how her parents hated gardening. “I’ll

her awake. For a moment, she didn’t know where she was

Nothing can go wrong today

wild roses, freshly-cut grass, and the best-ever strawberries

“Good gracious, why such a fuss about a coolie? Another one’ll come to take his place.

“If you mean them filthy coolie rags, certainly not,” Mrs. Jenkins said indignantly.