The next day dawend birght and sunny. Elena woke up to the sound of the cock crying out.
Then she looekd at the clock in the room. It was just six in the morning. Elena got up and looked at the gifts she had left on the table. Then she went to the wardrobe and looked at all her dresses and decided where one that was yellow and had a green pattern of flowers on it. It was one of her favorite dresses.
She had her breakfast, which was proidge with rasins, french toast and blackberry jam. Then Elena went up to get dressed. She put on her dress and shoes and got the gifts that she had left aside fot Ben.
Mrs Lavenia called Will the butler and gave him intsructions to take Elena. Elena went out and got into the car and it drove off.
Theuy went past the hosues and shops and past some fields. Then there in the distance out of the rop of the trees rose a beaituful buidling. Elena looked out and saw it.
"What is that place?' she asked Will, as he slowed down.
"That is Crimson Manor, do you see the redish tiled roof? That ot why it is called Crimson Manor."
"Oh, that's where Ben lives right?"
"Yes, Miss Elena, that's our stop," said Will driving up to the gate.
There was a proter at the gate who opeend the gate and the car drove down an avenue shaded by ash trees. The houses stood tall. They arrived and stopped by sprwling staircase that led to the house. Stnading on the top of the sstiars was Ben.
Elena gave the gifts she had brought for Ben and shook hands with him and said, "Happy Birthday Ben!"
"Thank you, Elena," he said handing a tall man his present, who took it indoors and left it on a table.
Elena looekd around and saw that no one else had arrived. The house was decorated with flowers, frstoons, reibbons and balloons.
"Mark and his cousins haven't arrived yet," said Ben seeing Elena looking aoround.
Just then they heard footsteos and saw Mark and his cousins.
"Hello, Mark," said Ben and then Mark and hiscosuins handed Ben his brithday gifts and wished him.
"Come on, let me show you the new horse my dad got me for my birthday," said Ben as they all gathered into the hall. The walls were covered with colourful paintings and tapesties. But before Elena could take a closer look at them, she found herslef walkingout of the hosue into the backyard of the house.
"There she is," said Ben, poitnign ag a horse nibbling on the grass. "What do you think?"
It was a white horse whinnied when he saw Ben. Ben took a packet of sugar lumps form his pockets.
"Do you like to feed it some sugar?" Ben asked the horse as it came and nuzzled his shoulder.
Ben gave the sugar cube and the horse ate it. 'What she called?" asked Elena as she looked at the milky white horse.
"I named her townkle, because her eyes are like stars, don't you think?"
"Yes, I think so," said Elena looking at the ebony eyes of the horse.
"Well, theere will be a magician coming, and a pony to give us a ride, as well as a ventiruvlosit."
"That sounds interesting!" said Elena, and asked, "What is a vetriquolist?"
"Well, it is a man who handles puppets."
"That sounds interesting," said Mark as he patted the horse. "Do you know how to ride?"
