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Authors: Jill Murphy
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Mildred’s spell and passed it off as her own. I’m notsurprised that you wanted it, Ethel, but you can’t just take something that doesn’t belong to you, nor must you use spell-making to wreck the work of someone who is better than you in that subject. I think an apology is in order, Ethel.’
‘Sorry, Mildred,’ mumbled Ethel, staring at her shoes.
‘Louder please, Ethel,’ said Miss Hardbroom. ‘So that the whole school can hear.’
‘Sorry, Mildred,’ said Ethel in a strangled voice. ‘It was a brilliant spell – the best idea ever. I wish it really had been mine.’
‘Thanks, Ethel,’ said Mildred shyly, pleased that Ethel had admitted everything, however grudgingly. ‘I’m sure you’ll think up one of your own in no time.’
After assembly, there was a double broomstick lesson in the yard for Form Three, which took them right up to lunchtime.
‘You must be so pleased, Millie,’ said Maud, flinging an arm around Mildred’s shoulder as the lunch-bell rang out. ‘Everything’s turned out so well and the one thing H.B. can’t stand is dishonesty, so Ethel’s really got to watch out now or she’ll be for the chop.’
‘I know,’ said Mildred, smiling, ‘and Miss Cackle felt so sorry for me about the snake-pot incident after I’d done so well that she’s going to let us have a proper craft room with a kiln and everything. But the best thing of all is that I get to keep Einstein as an extra pet – Einstein!’ She dropped her broomstick with a clatter and raced for the door into school.
‘What’s the matter, Mil?’ yelled Enid.
‘It’s twelve o’clock!’ Mildred called back. ‘I won’t have time to have a last chat with him before the spell breaks!’
Mildred leapt up the front steps, dashed along the corridor and up the spiral staircase two steps at a time. She whirled into her room and lay down fat on the floor so she could see Einstein, who was sitting happily in the open doorway of the cat basket under her bed.
‘Einstein,’ said Mildred softly, ‘can you still speak? Say something, please.’
‘I’m glad I belong to you,’ said Einstein, speaking for the last time in his rasping little voice. Then he picked up his carrot and began munching it, gazing vacantly into space and looking for all the world like a tortoise with only one brain cell.
‘And I’m glad you’re mine,’ said Mildred, smoothing his knobbly shell. ‘You too!’ she added, laughing as Tabby landed on her back, miaowing loudly. She felt the same sudden surge of hope that she had felt the day before, when everything had looked so promising. ‘Perhaps it is going to be a brilliant term after all.’
‘Sorry, Mildred,’ mumbled Ethel, staring at her shoes.
‘Louder please, Ethel,’ said Miss Hardbroom. ‘So that the whole school can hear.’
‘Sorry, Mildred,’ said Ethel in a strangled voice. ‘It was a brilliant spell – the best idea ever. I wish it really had been mine.’
‘Thanks, Ethel,’ said Mildred shyly, pleased that Ethel had admitted everything, however grudgingly. ‘I’m sure you’ll think up one of your own in no time.’
After assembly, there was a double broomstick lesson in the yard for Form Three, which took them right up to lunchtime.
‘You must be so pleased, Millie,’ said Maud, flinging an arm around Mildred’s shoulder as the lunch-bell rang out. ‘Everything’s turned out so well and the one thing H.B. can’t stand is dishonesty, so Ethel’s really got to watch out now or she’ll be for the chop.’
‘I know,’ said Mildred, smiling, ‘and Miss Cackle felt so sorry for me about the snake-pot incident after I’d done so well that she’s going to let us have a proper craft room with a kiln and everything. But the best thing of all is that I get to keep Einstein as an extra pet – Einstein!’ She dropped her broomstick with a clatter and raced for the door into school.
‘What’s the matter, Mil?’ yelled Enid.
‘It’s twelve o’clock!’ Mildred called back. ‘I won’t have time to have a last chat with him before the spell breaks!’
Mildred leapt up the front steps, dashed along the corridor and up the spiral staircase two steps at a time. She whirled into her room and lay down fat on the floor so she could see Einstein, who was sitting happily in the open doorway of the cat basket under her bed.
‘Einstein,’ said Mildred softly, ‘can you still speak? Say something, please.’
‘I’m glad I belong to you,’ said Einstein, speaking for the last time in his rasping little voice. Then he picked up his carrot and began munching it, gazing vacantly into space and looking for all the world like a tortoise with only one brain cell.
‘And I’m glad you’re mine,’ said Mildred, smoothing his knobbly shell. ‘You too!’ she added, laughing as Tabby landed on her back, miaowing loudly. She felt the same sudden surge of hope that she had felt the day before, when everything had looked so promising. ‘Perhaps it is going to be a brilliant term after all.’
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