Eve takes BZ to a dance to talk to him. At the dance, Eve reveals that she does not have a student number, and tells BZ her name is Eve. This confuses and worries BZ. Eve then insists they leave the dance early so she can talk to him. They go sit by some water, where Eve plans to reveal more information that confuses BZ's understanding of his world.

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3. Contents
Introduction
Chapter 2 'Be a Good Friend'
Chapter 3 'Dancing is Good forYou'
Chapter 4 AJourney to the RealWorld
Chapter 5 The RealWorld
Chapper 6 ATbxiJourney
Chapter 7 Eve's Family
Chapter B The Law of the Long Dream
Activities
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4. Introiluction
Euery student on the bus turned to the nearest person and repeated:
'Haye a louely day!'They always did this. It was School Procedure.
Eden Ciry is in another world. It is very different from our world.
The people in Eden City are hrppy.Always hrppy.They never
fight. They are never ill. They are never old. They are all young
and beautiful. Everybody works and studies in Eden Ciry. They
do the same things every day. Nothing changes. They love their
quiet, happy world . . .
But then student BZXYT4I meets Eve, and she tells him
about another world - the Real World. He doesnt understand.
She takes him on a journey to the RealWorld and he sees a lot of
strange things.
But who is Eve?'Why is she dift-erent?'What does she want
fromBZ? And is her world really better than Eden City?
Elaine O'Reilly was born in South Africa. She now has a
bookshop in Rome, and she writes for childrent television. She
has fi,vo dogs, three cats and a daughter.
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5. Chapter 1 'Happy is Good'
The School for Higher Studies in Happiness was about five
' kilometres outside Eden City. Every day, a bus took the students
from the centre of town to the school. On the way, the students
i sang. There were a lot of students on the bus and the noise was
wonderful.
'I'm H-A-P-P-
I'm H-A-P-P-
Euery day, in every way,
I'm H-A-P-P-Y.'
Student BZXY741, sat behind the driver. His singing was
louder than the other students'. He sang well and he loved to
sing.
'Hoppy k good
And sad is bad,
I'm H-A-P-P-Y.'
He really was very hrppy. He was the best student of the year,
the winner for the Best Srnile. Every studellt and every teacher at
the school loved him. He looked out of the rvindow at the white
J t,.eets of Eden Ciry at the red and blue buildings, at the flowers
| ""d
trees. The ciry n'as beautiful in the sunlight - not real
.l ronlight, of course. There were no people on the streets. It was
I workTime.
'I'm happl' when I work'
l'ru happy when I play.

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7. different? Of coursel Her eyes ... iti the colour of l.rcr eyes!'
They rvere qrcv eyes, not blue. Burt evervbody in the school
had blue eves. Whv did she have grey c'ves? Grey rvastt't a good
colour. He renrenrbered Lesson 836: 'Bad Coloil'-r. Grcy r-s one oJ
thc r.uorst rol,rr'-,. Ir is a sad colour.The colour of'cold days.'1,, colotu ,tf
dark skics. lt is ,trt ttld cttlour.'But this girl's eyes were beautiful. He
looked at her aqain. She smiled again.
'Haue a louell, day,' saidBZXY74l.
She didnt answer him. There was a question in her strange
grey eyes.And BZXY741 didn't understand, because in his world
there were no questions. In thc world of Eden City, there were
only answers.
Chapter 2 'Be a Good Friend'
The bus stopped or.rtside the front of the school and the students
got ofl BZXYT4l looked for the girl. He r'vanted to say,'Enjoy
your lessons', but he cor-rldn't see her. He followed the other
stLrdents into the br-rilding and walked slowiy to his classroom. F{e
thought about the girl with grey eyes.
'What was that look in her eyes? Who is she? Perhaps shel ner,v
here.'
Some of his friends turned round irnd callcil to hinr, 'BZ!
You're going to be late.'
'I'm coming,' he answercd,'I'm conting.'
The first three hours of lessons th:ri nlorning were Life
Studies: 'Be a Cttod Frit'ti;i .'Then tl.rere ere two hours of Do
People LikeYttt.)' BZ rea111' enjoved these lessons, so he stopped
thinking about rhe sirl ,on the br-rs.
At rudd;rr'. the students had lr-rnch ur rhe Florver Garden. IJZ
sat dorvn at :r t:rble under a big tree u.itir bear.rtifirl flowers. It rvrrs ri
warr-n day and the smell of the flori'ers s.ls strong.The birds sane

8. different? Of cor.rrsel Her eyes ...it's the color-ir of hcr cyes!'
They rvere grev eyes, not blLre. But evervbody in the school
had blr.re eves.'Wh- clid she have grey eyes? Grer. rvasr.r't a good
colonr. He renreurbered Lessorl 836 'Bad Colottrs. Glr,1, 15 one of
the tuorst cttlottrs. lt is tt sad coktLrr.The colour of'cold da1t5.ll,, colour ttf
ddrk skics. It is ,trt old colort.'But this girl's eyes were beautiful. He
looked at her again. She smiled again.
'Haue a louell, day,' satdBZXYT4l .
She didn't answer him. There was a question in her strange
grey eyes.AndtsZXY74l didn't understand, because in his world
there were no questions. In the world of Eden City, there wc-re
only answers.
Chapter 2 'Be a Good Friend'
The bus stopped outside the front of the school and the students
got ofT. BZXY7111ooked for the gir1. He lvanted ro say,'Enjoy
your lessons', but he couldn't see her. He followed the other
students into the building and walked slow1y to his classroom. He
thought abourt the girl with grey eyes.
'What was that look in her eyes? Who is she? Perhaps she's nerv
here.'
Some of his friends turned rouncl and callccl to hinr. 'IlZ!
Youlre going tct be late.'
'I'm coming,' he answered,'I'nr corrring.'
The frrst three hours of lessons rhar morning were Life
Studies: 'Be a Cood Frtt..;. Ther.r rh:re -ere tvo hours of Do
Pcople LikeYotr?' BZ real1r' enjor-e.l rhese lessons, so he stopped
thinking about the sirl ,on the br-rs.
At nlddar'. the studer.rts hacl lr-rnci: in rhe Flclrvc-r Garden. llZ
sat do$'n at a table under a brq tree ii rrl.r Lrear.rtiful flc>r,vers. It u,:rs a
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the nrenu:'Hamburger or sandu,ich, chicken with salad, chocolate
ice cream. Enloy your lunchl'
BZ took a drink from his gl:rss of cold green juice.Wonderfi.rl.
He closed his eyes and thought for a minute about his future. It
was a good future.
'I'nr going to be on The Teanr,' he thought. 'I know that I'nr
going to be on The Team.'The Team worked for The People'.s
Happiness. People were happy because they made the laws. The
Teamt work was important. They were the rnost important
people in Eden City. That was BZXY741s future and he felt very
h"ppy about it . . .
'W'hen
he opened his eyes, he saw the girl with grey eyes at his
table.
'Hi,IlZl'she said.
'Hello.'He smiled, and then he remembered his first lesson of
the morning: 'Be a goodfriend. Ciue something nice to somebody.' So
he pushed his plate across the table to her.
'Please have some of my salad. It's very good.'
She laughed.'No, thanks. I don't like the school food.'
BZ didn't understand. He started to feel strange. Didn't she
know School Procedure'. 'Always say yes'?'No' wasn't friendly.
The girl laughed again.
'BZl Don't look so worried. I like the word. I often say it. No,
no, no, no!The sky doesn't fall on rny headl'
'I don't understand.'
'It's OK. Forget it.' She moved her chair near his chair.'Listen,
BZ,' she said quietly,'I know everything about you. I think you're
a wonder{ul person. I want to help you.And I think that you can
help me. And a 1ot of other people, too.'
BZ looked at her carefully for a nlinute.'l think I understand
now,' he said slowly.'This is a Friendll, Joke. Ot course - yesl It's
very stranse, bllt very funny!'And he laughed very loudly. She put
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11. The students in the Flower Garden stood up. BZ stood up, too.
'I'm sorry. I don't understand this conversation. It's very
interesting, but I don't understand rt.' He smiled his best smile.
The girl didn't smile back at hrm.
'Listen,' she said, 'theret a dance tonight at the House of
Music. I'11 see you there. Please come. Itt very very important.
For you and me. Please say that you'll come.'
'A11 right,'said BZ.'I'11 come.'He thought,'Do I want to meet
this strange girl again? I don't know. I don'r understand her.'But
he had to go. FIe couldn't say no. It rvasn't friendly. It wasn't
School Procedure.
Chapter 3 'Dancing is Good foryou,
When BZ arrled at the F{ouse of Music, the girl r,vas there at the
door.
'He11o,'he sard.'Isn't it a beautiful evening?You look very nice.,
Lesson 672'. 'Stdrting a Conuersation.'The girl said nothing. She
took his hand and they went into the building.
The dance started. People moved slowly',vith the music. It was
a new song,'Dancing is Good ForYou'. Blue and white lights
shone on the faces of the dancers. BZ and the girl began to
dance.
'Dancing is goodfor you,' sangBZ quietly. 'Do it euery day.,
'Do you know my number, BZ?'the grrl asked.
'I'm soiry, I don't.'
Each student had a number. The number was on the inside of
their left arms.The girl showed him her white arm . . . there was
no number there!
'But rvhere is it?'asked BZ.'Yor have to have a number!'
'I don't. I have a name.'She smiled.'M_v name is Eve.'
For a nrinute,BZ felt afraid. 'Be the Sante - Diferent is Lfgly:

12. But this gir1, u,ith her grey eyes and her rvarm smile, wasn't ugly.
She was beautiful.
''What's happening to me?'he thought.
Then two of hrs friends danced past them.
'F{e11o, BZI fue you having a good time?'What's rvrong wi.th
t you?You don't look h"ppy.'
'Oh, but I arn happyl' saidBZ quickly.'I'm having a wonder{ul
r time. Isn't the music wonderflul?' :
llt's greatl See you later,BZ.'
'BZ,' said Eve, 'I have to talk to you . . .'The music changed.
This time it r,vas fast and loud. The lights changed to red and I
yellow.
'Let's dancel'saidBZ.'I iove this song.' I
'No. I'm tired. I don't want to dance.'
'Then let's have a glass ofjuice.'
'No. I want to leave here and talk to vou.'
'Butthedance...?'
'There will be a thousand other dances. Lett go.'
He followed her out into the quiet street. They walked but
didn't speak. Then they sat down near some water. The water
smelled lovely and the sound of it was music.
''What do you want to tell me?'BZ asked.
'FIow much do you really understand about Eden Ciry?'What
do you really knorv about our lives?'
'Life is for Happiness. LoveYour Friends . . .'
'No, no, no,BZl Those are only rl,ords.They teach you them at
" school. But, they don't mean ail-thing.'
'Don't mean anythinq? Hou- can -ou sav that?'
, 'Do you knou- about the reai s-or1d, BZ? Do yo:u want to
know about rhe real world?'
''What real r.or1d? I don't understand . . .'
'This isn't the real world. Eden Crn- isn't real. Nothing in Eden
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14. 'Then where i,. the real world?'
'It's above us. Nearly 500 kilometres above us, there's another
world.The real *,orid.There, people live real lives. Nobody tells
them, 'Think this. Feel that.'They live in families, not only with
friends.They love, they hate, they fight.They get i11, they get old,
they die. They're free!'
BZ pot his hands over his eyes.
'Oh, no.Thatt a sad life.'
'No, it isn't. It's the best life.'We aren't really living.'We aren't
free.'We have no freedom.'We can't change anything. The Team
makes the laws for us.We have to listen to them.'We have to think
their ideas, feel their feelings.Thatt not freedom, BZ, believe me.'
'I don't believe yoo.' BZ stood up.'And I don't want to listen to
you. I want to forget all this. I don't like it.'
But he couldn't forget. He knew that. Eve's words were in his
head, and now he had questions about his life. He felt unhappy
for the first time. He walked away from her.
'I[/att,BZl I'm sorry. I know you're unhappy. But you have to
believe me. I can show you. I can take you up into the real world.
Now. Tonight!'
Chapter 4 A Journey to the Real'World
BZ felt very strange. He followed Eve through the streets of Eden
Ciry. He was afraid. His head hurt.
''Why am I doing this?'Where's Eve taking me?What's going to
happen?'
They were in Eden Ciry but there rvere no trees, no flowers
here. Evervthilg rvas very different. The streets were smal1 and
dark.
'Where are we, Eve? Do you knou' this place?'
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They stopped. They tverc nclrh' ;rt the encl of the street. Eve
put a fineer to her nrc>uth.
'Look into the next street,'she s.tic-l very qrrietly
IJZ nroved closer to the brrildinc ancl looked rouud it. At thc
end of the street there rvas a u'all. In the rvall there rvas a large
door.There were two nren u,ith gnlls at the door.
'What is it, Eve? What behind that door?'
'That'.s the iift.They brins thinss dorvn fronr the real world in
it. It leaves three tinres each day. The next JoLrrrlcy is in five
nrinutes.'We have to get insicle the lift.'
'But how? How do we get past thosc l)re1t?'
'Look :iqain . . . Do yor.r see those
bic boxes? They bring thinss dorvn
fi'onr the real world in thenr. There's
nothinc inside thertr notv.'We calt go
in one of thenr. Quickl Follorv nre!'
She nroved as quietly as a cat. Ancl,
very quickly, she junrped inside one of
the boxc's. IIZ follor,ved her.
They waited. A nrinute larer, he
hearcl the lift doors - they openecl.
One of the uren shouted, 'Let'.s put
these boxej into the lift.' Their box
started to lriove, and BZ felt lfi-aid.
'This bor ti-els re,rlly he.rvryl' srid
one ofthe nren.
'You're tired. Push it again!'
Ar-rd suddenly they were in the lift.
The doors closed and thev startcd on
their jor-rrney.
'There!' saicl Eve. 'That wasn'r
clilllcult, BZ.'
He could teel her cold arnr next t()
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his arm. He couidn't see anything. He rvas rvorried. For the first
time in his Life, he s-as cold and hungry. He drdn't want to think
about his warm rooil1, at the Friends'H"ppy Home. He rvanted
to be there. He didn't want to think about dinner tith the other
students. His frrends.'Will I see them again?'he thought.
He thought about his past life. His life before Eve. Every day
was a 1ong, sunnv da-. Evenings with frrends at the Sports Centre,
the Games Park or the House of Music. ''Why does Eve think that
life in Eden Ciry is bad? Freedom?'What did she mean?'Then he
thought about his future. ''Will this journey change nry future?'
He didn't understand.
'Eve?'
'Yes?'
''Why me? Why do you want to show me the real world?'
She found his hand in the dark.The lift moved very fast.
'Because I think you're a good person. You're an intelligent
person.And I know that you're going to be onThe Team.You'11
make laws for Eden City.You can change things.You can give
people their freedom. You can help them and they'il live really
happily.'
BZ thought about these things. The idea of change was very
strange to him.A new idea.
'And you, Eve? Why are you different from the people in our
world?You don't have a number.Your eyes are a different colour.
You want to change things.Who are you really?'
'I can't ansrer these questions nov. But wait.You'll learn the
answers in the end.' She put her cold fingers on his face.'Don't be
afraid,BZ. BeLieve me, it's going to be al1 rrght.'
The lift nror-ed more slowly now. Suddenly, it stopped.
Eve and BZ chmbed out of the box.
'-We're here.' Eve said.'This is the real s,orld.'
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17. Chapter 5 The Real Vorld
The lift doors opened and Eve and BZ went out into the real
world. It was very early morning. The light, the air, the smells
were very different. Then BZ heard the noise. FIe put his hands
over his ears.
''What is it, Eve?'Whatl that srrange noise?'
'Itt the trat1ic the cars and buses and taxis. Nearly
everybody here has a car. They drive everl,where. Now they,re
driving to work. Don't rvorry.'
'But where are we?'
"We're in London. It's a ciry. It was a beautiful ciry but now
there are a lot of people here.Theret a 1ot of trafiic.
Eve took BZ's hand in her hand and they walked down the
street. Tall buildings on their left and on their right shut out the
light. People walked quickly past them. BZ looked at them.They
were small and thin.Their faces were tired and worried.
'Are these people h"ppy and free?'he asked Eve.
'They don't look happy, I know. But they,re free. They don,t
haye to be happy. The people in Eden Ctt:1 haue ro be happy,, Eve
said.
She stopped.'Look, here's a caf6. Lett have some breakfast.,
They went into the caf6 and sat dorvn at the table opposite the
window. A waitress in a black dress came to their table. She was a
short woman and she wasn't thin.
'Hello,'she said.'What will you have?' She smiled. She didn,t
have all her teeth. BZ looked away.
'What would you like, BZ?'Eve asked.
'... I ... I ... don't know.'
'Would you Like a hot breakfast?' the waitress said.,some eggs,
perhaps?'
BZ couldn't look at her.'Yes, that's fine.'
'I'11 have rhat, too,' said Eve.'And two cups of coffee.,
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'What's u'r'onq. BZ?'
'Th:rt uorr.rn ... thc u.ritrcs-s.,'hr-is she fat?Wh,v is she uslr.?'
Evc lrrr.rgh.l.'1 tlon't thrrrk she's uqlr-. She's got a nice, kind
i:rce. She's g',i:':., 'lr.nls n'ith her ieeth.but pcrhtps slic hasn't got
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work. They use money when thev buy a house. They use money
for clothes and food.' She shor.r.ed him:'Look, this is money.These
are five-pound notes.'
BZ looked ar the dirry paper in Eve's hand. It didn,t look
important.
''When you work,'he asked,'they give you this . . . money? And
then what?'
'It isn't easy . . . But herei our breakfast. I,ll tell you more about
money later.'
The waitress pur the food on rhe table. It srnelled strange.
'Eat it, BZ.It's good.'
It was good. BZ ate everything on his plate, because he was
very hungry. He began to feel better.
''What are you going to show me now?'he asked Eve.
Suddenly, there was a noise at the rvindow. BZ looked out.
Through the window, he could see a man's face. A strange, ugly
face.The eyes were closed and the mouth rvas open.The man put
his finger to his mouth.
'Eve, who is that? Who's that man?'
'It's all right. He's only a beggar.'
'A beggar?'
'Beggars have no money. So they can'r buy food.They have ro
ask other people for money.'
'But why doesn't he have a.lob?'
'Look at his eyes. He can't see.'
BZ felt ill.'Please, Eve, take me aray from this place. I don,t
like it.'
'A11 right. I'11 take you out of London. We,1l go inro the
country. I'li shor,v you places rvith trees and birds and pretry
gardens.The air is clean and the sky is blue . . . real sky.,
Eve paid for their breakfast and thev 'ent out into the street.
The air vas grev and dirty. BZ didn't feel s'e11.
'Don't 'orr)-, BZ. We'll go now.' She pur up her hand and
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20. shouted,'Taxil'A big black car stopped andBZ and Eve got in.
'Hadiey'Wood, please,'she said to the driver.
Chapter 6 ATaxiJourney
The taxi dror.e s1ou.1v through the tratEc. BZ looked out of the
window at the people in their cars. F{e thought of his friends in
Eden Cinr They never looked bored or unhappy. But these
people . . .'Eve thinks that this world . . . the real world . . . is
rvondeful,' he thought. 'But why?' He looked at her and she
smiled at him.
'I know, I know. But wait. When we get out of the ciry you'll
see.'
Slowly they began to leave the city behind them. There
weren't many cars now; and the taxi went faster. From his
rvindow, BZ could see flowers and trees. The real world started to
look ditTerent. Difrerent from the grey streets, the grey air, the
grey faces. There were houses, big beautiful houses with lovely
gardens.
''Who lives in those houses?'he asked.
'Those are rich people's houses.'
'Rich people?'Who are they?'
The taxi driver heard their conversation. He started to laugh.
''W'ho ls this? Is he from another world? "'Who are rich people?"
Hah! Is this a joke? Is he stupid or something?'
'No,' said Er.e quietly, 'itt not a joke. And he's not stupid.'
'OK.Tell him about rich people.'
'I told .vou abor-rt money. BZ,' she said.'Do you remember?
Money's ven- lmportant here. Some people have a lot of money.
Those people are the rich people. And some people haven't got
much moner-.'
'Taxi drir-ers . . . ,'said the driver.
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21. 'BZ, these boys are my brothers. This is Daniel, he,s nine. And
this is Peter. he s six.'
'Hello,' saidBZ.'This is nice.'Btrt he wasn,t h.ppy. He was very
enrbarrassed. In Eden Ciry. people didn't have brothers and sisters.
They were born in the Neu, Life Centre and then they movecl to
the Little Peoplet Park. Later, thev worked or they str_rdied.
The younger boy took BZ s hand. .Would
you like to see
Miranda? Her babies rvere born last rveek.They,re lovely.,
Eve laughed when she sarv BZt face.,Mirandat our dog,BZ.
Don't rvorry.'
'And then,'said the other boy,,l,ll show you nry new camera.
Eve gave it to me for nry birthday. It,s wonderful.,
'Later, boys, later,'said Eve.'perhaps BZ wor.rld like to wash his
hands.Where are Mum and Dad?'
'They went to the supermarket,'said Daniel.
'They'Il be back in ten or fifteen minutes,,said peter.
Eve smiled''Good. can you take BZ inside and show him the
bathroonr ?'
BZ followed the boys into the house. It was dark ir-rsicle. There
was a smell of fruit.
'Itt a funny house,' he thouqht. ,Everythingt
old. The pictures
on the walis are srraltge, too.' He looked at a photograph of a
prery girl in a long u,hite dress.'Is that Eve . . . ?'
'If ere's the bathroortr.'said Daniel.
'We'11 wait for you in the garden,'said peter.
BZ closed the bathroom door and tr-rrned on the rvater. He
looked at his face.
'Do I look differenr? Am I changing?,He washed his hands
and face.'This is a . a . . . family, and it,s not bad. Eve,s little
brothers :rren't ugly.They're very nice . . .,
Sudde,lv he felt afraid.'I'nr not thinki.g trre right thingsl'why
am I here?'Why aren't I in rrry classroonr in Ede, City? This is
wrong.'W'rongl'
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22. He opened the bathroom door and wenr out. He could hear
people in another room.A door opened.
'BZ,'Eve called.'Come into the living-room.'He walked into
a big. sunny roonr.
'Dad, I'd like vou to meet BZ. He's a student at my school. BZ,
this is my father.'
When BZ sau' her father's face, he suddenly felt ill. The man
was old. His harr rr.as r,vhite.and his face was ugly.BZ couldn't
move. He couldn't take the old manls hand.
'It's all right,'said Evet father.'I understand. I'm sixty years old,
and in your world you don't see old rnen.'
'Sixryl'thought BZ.'How is this possible? In Eden City there
are no people older than twenfy-five.'
ln tsZ's world of young and beautiful people, life ended at
twenty-five. On their twenry-flfth birthday, people went happily
to the Long Dream.That was the Procedure.
The Lving-room door opened.'Heilo!'said a woman. ''We have
a visitor, I see.'
'BZ,this is nry mother.'BZ looked quickly ar the wonlan, then
he looked away again. She was old, too. But it was worse in her,
She had Eve'.s beautiful face, br-rt it was old and tired. One day,
Eve,too....
BZ turned and ran out of the house, out of the garden. He had
to get away.Away fronr these bad things.
'Wart, tsZt Please wait for me!' It was Eve. He stopped and
waited for her.'Piease, please try the real world. I'll show you
more ...'
'I don't want to see more. Please take me back to Eden Ciry. I
hate this. I'nr sor-rr-.'
Eve looked ar hirn angrily. Then she said, 'A11 right. I was
wrorrg. You arctt't different. You can't understand. you can,t
understand because you really are a student of Eden Ciry.'Wait
here. I'11 call a raxi and it will take us back into town.'
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Eve didn't say a t.ord to him in the taxi on the way back to the
city.And he didn t say anything to her.When they arrived, the lift
took them dou'n to Eden City. Again, the long journey in the
dark.
BZ felt sad and tired. He wanted to be back in the school with
his friends. He s-anted to sit in the Flower Garden and drink cold
green juice. But, most important, he wanted to forget the noise
and dirry streets of the real world. He wanted to forget the tired,
unhappy faces ...
He sang quietly: 'Sad is bad and happy is good.'He began to feel
happier.'l'ru going honle,' he thought.
At the lift door, Eve said her first and last words to him:
'Goodbye, BZXY741.'And she turned and walked away.
After a long walk, BZ found the centre of Eden Ciry. He went
to his room in the Friends' H"ppy Home and had a bath. The
hot water washed away the pictures in his head.
'Tomorrow I'nt going ttt be happier,
Happier than today,'he sang.
An hour later, he was in his classroorn.That ntorning there was
an hour'.s lesson: 'The Law <1f the Long Dreant,' He listened
carefully.
''When it is time for the Long Dream, it is a happy day,'the
teacher said. 'Perhaps it is one of the happiest times of our lives. It
is tirne for sleep.Afier a rvonder{ul hfe of rvork and play, we can
sleep.'We can sleep and dream.'We can dream the Long Dream.
And in or,ir Long Dream, we are young and beautiful.Always.'
'Yes.' RZ thor-rght, 'always yoLtn€! and beaurtiful.' He
remenrbered. lor the last tiure, the old faces and white hair of
Eve's mother and father.
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'I l.oue to be aliue,
but when I'm twenty-fue,
I'm going to the Long Dream,
The Long Hoppy Dreant.'
In another place in Eden Ciry in the Office of The peoplet
Happiness, a young woman rvith grey eyes waited outside a door.
Then she went in. A tall man sat behind a large desk.
,Good
evening, EV007l' he said.
'Good evening,' she answered. 'You want to know about
Student BZXY741.'
'Yes, tell me.What happened?'
'Everything went very well.'W'e used the same procedure. I
told him about the real world. He didn't believe me, and he didn,t
want to come with me. But he couldn't say no.'
'Holv did he Gel about city life? What were his reactions?,
'Very good.Very good reaction to the waitress and the beggar.,
'And the idea of the family?'
'He was enrbarrassed.Very ernbarrassed.'
'Good, good.And his reaction to old people?'
'He couldn't look ar theln. He hated them. BZXy741 is the
best man forTheTeam, I think.'
'Yes.You're right. He ls the best man.'Then the man stood up.
'You did a really good job, EV007. Real1y good.'
'Thank you.'
He smiled at her.'This was your last journey.you know that, of
course.'
The girlt face didn't change.'Yes, I know. It's my birthday next
week.'
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28. ACTIVITIES
Chapters 1-4
Before you read
1 Look at the picture on page 2. What does it show you about this
ditferent world?
2 Answer the questions. Find the words in italicsin your dictionary.
They are all in the story.
a Which do you eat? air salad
b Which do you drink? iuice a smell
c Which do you feel? hapPiness a ioke
d Which goes up and down? a law a lift
e Which are people? procedures a team
3 Find these words in your dictionary. Use them in the sentences,
believe free(dom) real worry (wonied)
a This isn't my ....... hair. My hair's black.
b Don't ....... about the children. They're happy.
c Do you ....... that there's really a Father Christmas?
d ln some countries, people aren't ....... .
After you read
4 How are these things in Eden City different from things in our
world?
a birds and flowers
b the colour of people's eyes
c the names of people
d school lessons
5 How does BZ feel about the real world? Why?
Chapters 5-8
Before you read
6 'We're here,'Eve said.'This is the real world.'What do you think BZ
will see? How will it be different? Will he want to stay in the real
world?
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29. t 7 Answer the questions. Find the words in itaticsin your dictionary.
I a Are you alive?
' c Do you dreamin the daytime?
d Do you feel embarrassedwhen you make stupid mistakes?
e What is your reaction to a very cold bath?
r f Do you ftnd traffic in people,s houses?
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nfter you read
. 8 Who is Eve? Why did she take BZ to the real world?
, 9 Talk to other students. Would you like to live in Eden City?
: Why (not)?
Writing
ii t 0 You are from Eden City. you are going to meet Eve, and you can
I ask her about life in the real world. Write ten questions for her.li
!, 11 BZ is now on The Team. Tomorrow is Eve,s twenty{ifth birthday.
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Write a letter from BZ to Eve.
12 You visited Eden City for the first time yesterday. Write about it for a
newspaper. What did you think of it?
13 You now work in the Office of The People's Happiness. What is
important in life? What do you want people to believe? Write a
' new song.
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