4. Miss Beam is walking up and down the
terrace with a tall girl.
‘What has the girl got on?’ my companion
asked me.
‘A blue skirt and a pink blouse.’
‘I think it’s Millie,’ she said. ‘What colour
is her hair?’
‘Very light,’ I said.
‘Yes, that’s Millie. She is the head girl. She
is very decent.’
5. ‘There’s an old man tying up roses,’ I
said.
‘Yes, that’s Peter. He is the gardener.
He’s
hundreds of years old!’
‘And here comes a dark girl in red, on
crutches.’
‘Yes,’ she said, ‘that’s Berryl.’
6. And so we walked on, and in guiding
this little girl about I discovered that I was
many times more thoughtful already than
usual. I also realised that having to
describe the surroundings to another,
makes them more interesting.
7. When Miss Beam came to release me I
was sorry to go. I walked back to the town
murmuring (incorrectly as ever) the lines:
Can I see another’s woe,
And not share their sorrow too?
O no, never can it be,
Never, never, can it be.
8. COMPANION –one that
accompanies another
CRUTCHES –a type of stick that you
put under your arm to help you walk
when you have hurt your leg or foot.
9. DISCOVER- to find or learn
something that nobody had
found or knew before.