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chater ne behd the gy（第1页）

ITwasadullautumndayandJillPolewascryingbehindthegy

Shewascryingbecausetheyhadbeenbullyingher.Thisisnotgoingtobeaschoolstory，soIshallsayaslittleaspossibleaboutJill’sschool，whichisnotapleasantsubject.Itwas“co-educational”，aschoolforbothboysandgirls，whatusedtobecalleda“mixed”school；somesaiditwasnotnearlysomixedasthemindsofthepeoplewhoranit.Thesepeoplehadtheideathatboysandgirlsshouldbeallowedtodowhattheyliked.Andunfortunatelywhattenorfifteenofthebiggestboysandgirlslikedbestwasbullyingtheothers.Allsortsofthings，horridthings，wentonwhichatanordinaryschoolwouldhavebeenfoundoutandstoppedinhalfaterm；butatthisschooltheyweren’t.Oreveniftheywere，thepeoplewhodidthemwerenotexpelledorpunished.Theheadsaidtheywereinterestingpsychologicalcasesandsentforthemandtalkedtothemforhours.Andifyouknewtherightsortofthingstosaytothehead，themainresultwasthatyoubecameratherafavouritethanotherwise.

ThatwaswhyJillPolewascryingonthatdullautumndayonthedamplittlepathwhichrunsbetweenthebackofthegymandtheshrubbery.Andshehadn’tnearlyfinishedhercrywhenaboycameroundthecornerofthegymwhistling，withhishandsinhispockets.Henearlyranintoher.

“Can’tyoulookwhereyou’regoing？”saidJillPole.

“Allright，”saidtheboy，“youneedn’tstart—”andthenhenoticedherface.“Isay，Pole，”hesaid，“what’sup？”

Jillonlymadefaces，thesortyoumakewhenyou’retryingtosaysomethingbutfindthatifyouspeakyou’llstartcryingagain.

“It’sthem，Isuppose—asusual，”saidtheboygrimly，digginghishandsfartherintohispockets.

Jillnodded.Therewasnoneedforhertosayanything，evenifshecouldhavesaidit.Theybothknew.

“Now，lookhere，”saidtheboy，“there’snogoodusall—”

Hemeantwell，buthedidtalkratherlikesomeonebeginningalecture.Jillsuddenlyflewintoatemper（whichisquitealikelythingtohappenifyouhavebeeninterruptedinacry）.

“Oh，goawayandmindyourownbusiness，”shesaid.“Nobodyaskedyoutocomebargingin，didthey？Andyou’reanicepersontostarttellinguswhatwealloughttodo，aren’tyou？IsupposeyoumeanweoughttospendallourtimesuckinguptoThem，andcurryingfavour，anddancingattendanceonthemlikeyoudo.”

“Oh，Lor！”saidtheboy，sittingdownonthegrassybankattheedgeoftheshrubberyandveryquicklygettingupagainbecausethegrasswassoakingwet.HisnameunfortunatelywasEustaceScrubb，buthewasn’tabadsort.

“Pole！”hesaid.“Isthatfair？HaveIbeendoinganythingofthesortthisterm？Didn’tIstanduptoCarterabouttherabbit？Anddidn’tIkeepthesecretaboutSpivvins—undertorturetoo？Anddidn’tI—”

“Id-don’tknowandIdon’tcare，”sobbedJill.

Scrubbsawthatshewasn’tquiteherselfyetandverysensiblyofferedherapeppermint.Hehadonetoo.PresentlyJillbegantoseethingsinaclearerlight.

“I’msorry，Scrubb，”shesaidpresently.“Iwasn’tfair.Youhavedoneallthat—thister”

“Thenwashoutlasttermifyoucan，”saidEustace.“Iwasadifferentchapthen.Iwas—gosh！WhatalittletickIwas.”

“Well，honestly，youwere.”saidJill.

“Youthinktherehasbeenachange，then？”saidEustace.

“It’snotonlyme，”saidJill.“Everyone’sbeensayingso.They’venoticedit.EleanorBlakistonheardAdelaPennyfathertalkingaboutitinourchangingroomyesterday.Shesaid，‘Someone’sgotholdofthatScrubbkid.He’squiteunmanageablethisterWeshallhavetoattendtohimnext.’”

Eustacegaveashudder.EveryoneatExperimentHouseknewwhatitwaslikebeing“attendedto”bythe

Bothchildrenwerequietforamoment.Thedropsdrippedoffthelaurelleaves.

“Whywereyousodifferentlastterm？”saidJillpresently.

“Alotofqueerthingshappenedtomeinthehols，”saidEustacemysteriously.

“Whatsortofthings？”askedJill.

Eustacedidn’tsayanythingforquitealongtime.Thenhesaid：

“Lookhere，Pole，youandIhatethisplaceaboutasmuchasanybodycanhateanything，don’twe？”

“IknowIdo，”saidJill.

“ThenIreallythinkIcantrustyou.”

“Dam’goodofyou，”saidJill.

“Yes，butthisisareallyterrificsecret.Pole，Isay，areyougoodatbelievingthings？Imeanthingsthateveryoneherewouldlaughat？”

“I’veneverhadthechance，”saidJill，“butIthinkIwouldbe.”

“CouldyoubelievemeifIsaidI’dbeenrightoutoftheworld—outsidethisworld—lasthols？”

“Iwouldn’tknowwhatyoumeant.”

“Well，don’tlet’sbotheraboutworldsthen.SupposingItoldyouI’dbeeninaplacewhereanimalscantalkandwherethereare—er—enchantmentsanddragons—and—well，allthesortsofthingsyouhaveinfairy-tales.”Scrubbfeltterriblyawkwardashesaidthisandgotredintheface.

“Howdidyougetthere？”saidJill.Shealsofeltcuriouslyshy.

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