Eva's Journey (2013)
“I’m not sure if it was a great plan, but it was the best I could come up with in such a short time.
I pulled my phone out of my schoolbag, ran up to the door of Dawn’s house, and knocked hard. Dawn opened the door and stood there under her own personal black cloud.‘Oh,’ I said. ‘I didn’t know you lived here. What a coincidence.’She stared at me for a minute.‘You’re the new girl in school,’ she said. ‘Eva, isn’t it?’I nodded.‘What are you doing here?’ she asked.I smiled my best smile.‘It’s a...bout the project Mr Gowing set us,’ I said, hoping that Dawn wouldn’t remember that he hadn’t mentioned a project. ‘It’s a science project,’ I added. ‘Science is my favourite subject.’ ‘And?’‘And I’m going to do my project on butterflies, and while I was walking past your house just now, I saw the coolest butterfly fly into your garden. I need to take a picture of it. Can I go look for it?’I helpfully held up my phone.MoreLess
I pulled my phone out of my schoolbag, ran up to the door of Dawn’s house, and knocked hard. Dawn opened the door and stood there under her own personal black cloud.‘Oh,’ I said. ‘I didn’t know you lived here. What a coincidence.’She stared at me for a minute.‘You’re the new girl in school,’ she said. ‘Eva, isn’t it?’I nodded.‘What are you doing here?’ she asked.I smiled my best smile.‘It’s a...bout the project Mr Gowing set us,’ I said, hoping that Dawn wouldn’t remember that he hadn’t mentioned a project. ‘It’s a science project,’ I added. ‘Science is my favourite subject.’ ‘And?’‘And I’m going to do my project on butterflies, and while I was walking past your house just now, I saw the coolest butterfly fly into your garden. I need to take a picture of it. Can I go look for it?’I helpfully held up my phone.MoreLess
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