Goggle-Eyes

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Helen came into school today in the worst mood. She looked peculiar, and her eyes were red and puffy. She wouldn’t speak to anyone, and if anybody spoke to her, she simply shrugged and turned away. She buried her head in her arms on her desk lid, and waited for first bell.

‘Is anything wrong?’

A muffled, ‘No!’

‘What’s up, Helly?’

‘Nothing!’

She lifted her head and practically spat it out. We were a bit shocked. She has to be the gentlest person in our class, normally. There must have been something terribly wrong.

And you could tell that Mrs Lupey thought so, too, when she came in.

‘What’s up, Helen? Anything the matter?’

Another muffled, ‘No!’

She didn’t even raise her head, or try to sound the slightest bit polite.

Mrs Lupey looked round at all the rest of us. With Helen’s head safely buried on her desk, she let a look of: ‘Does anyone here have any idea what’s wrong with her?’ spread over her face, and we all shook our heads and shrugged.

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