It was the winter holidays and Jamie and his sister Jasmine were on a plane. It was their first skiing holiday and Jamie was so excited.

“I can’t wait to go skiing,” he said, “and all that sun and snow will be wonderful!”

The plane landed at a small airport and very soon Jamie and Jasmine and their parents were in a small, cosy hotel at the bottom of a mountain. They went outside and looked. They saw huge mountains all around them.

“Tomorrow I want to go up a mountain,” said Jamie.

They went back inside the hotel. There was a big fireplace and it was warm. In front of the fire they saw a big brown dog. It was asleep and snoring happily.

Jasmine liked dogs. She patted the dog on the head. It opened one eye and yawned. Jasmine saw the dog’s name on his collar – Bruno. The dog looked at Jasmine and smiled. Then he closed his eyes, crossed his paws and went back to sleep.

“What a nice dog,” said Jasmine. “He’s a big old softie.”

They left the warm firelight and went upstairs to bed. In no time at all Jamie was dreaming of speeding up and down mountains as a champion skier.

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