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Manan Maran I would like to have a look

at your face instead of the back of your

head I don't have much time for backs of

heads fact I don't have much time for

people who won't talk to me there's lots

at will so if you won't I'll

go hey what's this tears oh goodness me

this won't do

here right now sit up and we'll see what

we can do for you here 's this you look

as though youve got a bird's nest up

there that's better now what's up I want

to get up and I want to go back to

school I'm in the school play at the end

of term and I've missed a whole week of

rehearsals I'm afraid you won't be going

back to school this time not going back

no now you're going to be very brave and

sensible Maran you see you have a slight

fracture but if you get up now you may

have a wonky leg for the rest of your

life well I'd rather have a wonky leg

than stay in bed another day oh no you

wouldn't and anyway I don't have to come

and look after you for 60 years imagine

coming to see you for 60

years how long will I have to stay in

bed not longer than 6 weeks I should say

oh no

people go mad when they're shut up but

you won't be shut up now come on I'm

going to call your mother and I want to

see a nice smiling face H it's not much

fun for her you know and I'm sure you

want to help her Mrs

Austin do I have to lie in bed all the

time can't take you downstairs and

things like that you can get up to wash

but that's all a crack bone has to be

treated very gently and if you don't do

as you're told my girl I shall have to

put you in plaster

that's better she's a very sensible girl

Mrs Austin I'm sure we'll manage between

us the main thing is to keep her

occupied now don't come down I'm sure

Maran wants to talk to you oh thank you

do not at all byebye

Marian oh

Mom poor love I'm afraid you're very

disappointed never mind we'll think of

lots of lovely things to do and we'll

make the time fly by all right

now then let's cheer you up and have a

little read shall

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we well if you don't get it in two more

gos I'll be able to hang you oh dear um

why

no wing it can't lap wi or swing how

about tea You' lost look it's

sewing oh

gosh do you remember this m be love and

give it a turnout for me and I'll go

make some tea

oh

brother for

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oh really Maran what a mess I thought

you were going to help me sorry M well

you might try and help I didn't ask you

to do much and it isn't easy with dad

being away having you in bed all the

time oh really Maran all the buttons are

rolled under the bed there are pins and

needles everywhere well you'll just have

to be careful when you get up put your

slippers on when you get up to

wash L you're impossible sometimes

maranne Maran you're not list me it's

this pencil Mom oh it's so nice to draw

with look I can never make my drawings

look quite like I want them the walls

aren't straight the chimney's too large

and it looks funny well never mind put

it away now we can try again later and

have some tea I suppose I should have to

clear up all this

mess I can spotle you Maran

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oh

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is there anybody there

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is there anybody

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in

hello hello

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hello I've I've got to get in I've got

to

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Maran

Maran

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Maran I've got a surprise for you

daddy rang last night he wanted to know

how you

were oh Maran do wake up I want to tell

you about

daddy oh

dear well that's

funny that's the house to my

dream well aren't you

pleased that house it's my house

but there's nobody in

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it oh there must be someone

in hello let me

in oh please

answer perhaps there's no one

there put someone

there try and wake up darling and I'll

go and get breakfast yes

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come down and let me

in I can't hear you let me in you in

shat in fact you better not it isn't

very safe around here why because

of what you want I don't know that's a

stupid thing not knowing what you want

come down and let me in I can't but I've

got to get in isn't there anybody else

who can let me in no do you live here or

by yourself it's none of your business

well stay alone then in your HED house I

don't care I can't come down because

there are no stairs no stairs no stairs

no stairs stair

stair hello Maran how are you this

afternoon oh nothing wrong how's she

been bit bored I'm afraid well how would

you feel lying in bed all day nothing to

do in stuck in a stuffy room I want to

get out if it's any comfort to you I was

had to stay in bed for 4 weeks once did

you break your leg riding no playing

rugger well I bet you weren't good

impatient all the time I bet you

complained and made a fuss now then

Maran I'm sure that Dr Burton was a very

good patient no no no no she was quite

right Mrs Austin I was much more

impatient I was awful really awful what

did you do tell me certainly not you're

Lear going and do the same thing like

yes no now one thing I will tell you

though I tell you what my mother did yes

do tell us she got me a governor a

governor and we thought it would be a

good idea if we found someone like that

for

you

lessons when I'm Ill but you're not ill

Marian you have a cracked bone that's

got to be given the chance to heal and

you'll find it so much easier when you

get back to school it'll help to keep

your mind occupied but don't govern

thises cost a great deal of money I'm

going to ask the education officer for

the teacher what will I have to do

French and Latin and geography and

history and all those boring subjects

now then Maran Excuse me yes all those

boring subjects any more questions Madam

yes can I ask you something special how

special well I want to know if you ever

dream of course I dream everyone dreams

but but if you have a dream a dream that

you like can you go back into it have

you got a dream you want to go back into

no well kind of well not

really I shouldn't get too occupied with

dreams not unless they're very nice ones

now I shall get you a teacher as soon as

possible she'll take your mind off your

troubles

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I can't come down because them out

stairs oh I wish I could remember how to

draw stairs the proper

way I'm rub out

so if I draw the house around them maybe

they'll look a little more like

stairs Maran this is M Chesterfield

who's come to teach you hello Maran Oh I

thought you would be old why like a

governor really Maran oh it's all right

Mrs Austin I know what she means well

I'll leave you to get to know each other

right I'm not a govern there I'm a

teacher what a lot of uh dolls you've

got my father sent them to me where from

he's an engineer he has to go off to

different places looking for oil that

sounds interesting where is he now he's

in Tunisia he Rings up sometimes though

not very often because it's very

expensive but he rang up when he knew I

was Ill do you ever get calls from

abroad no I do sometimes get them from

London

perhaps we ought to start our lesson

with geography and then you can learn

something about the placees your

father's been to do you have any other

pupils yes some others oh please tell me

about them well there's Evelyn she's 13

and having extra tuition in Latin and

French and she's very clever oh I'm not

very clever I expect you're clever at

something which subject do you like best

who else do you teach a small boy called

Robert he's only seven and he can't read

or write and twice a week I go to see a

boy called Mark he's recovering from a

bad illness is he in bed like me yes

he's in bed all the time how long has he

been ill 6 months 6 months how does he

stand it well he reads a lot well I

don't think I'll ever get used to lying

in bed though I do quite like reading

and drawing but if Dr Burton said I

could get up I would right away well I

suppose mark would if it was just a

question of getting up but it isn't he

has to learn to walk all over again and

it's difficult and it hurts if he really

tries he may get better but if he

doesn't he probably

won't and now Maran we're going to learn

about

Africa Africa is a continent do you know

what a continent is yes and do you know

where the name Africa comes

from no well I expect you know that

Africa is one of the five continents it

has a long and troubled history and has

terrible problems to deal with now now I

expect you know something of the

fighting which has been going on there

but in order to be able to understand it

you must know something of the history

and please listen maranne because you're

going to have to write all of this out

for

me the name Africa was first given by

the Romans to the northern coast which

they conquered Carthage is the capital

of these

provinces maranne are you listening or

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so you got an after all

yes well wake up and tell me how I did

it how I did what well got in of course

I didn't let you in so who did well I

just open the door and there are stairs

you said there weren't any when I was

talking to you outside they weren't they

must have come since how could they how

could you be up here and the stairs come

afterwards they must have been here all

the time you just didn't want to come

down and let me in no I didn't but there

weren't any stairs why didn't you want

to let me

in I just didn't but there are stairs

and they're not new they're old you can

see where people have walked on them and

worn the steps down and the banister is

all smooth where people's hands have

gone come and see if you don't believe

me where aren't you coming no I believe

you there's a complete flight of stairs

outside but they weren't there yesterday

yesterday another the first day you were

here outside here I mean say you got to

get in that's impossible there's a lot

of things happen here it's impossible

for

instance look out the

window no look a bit down to that side

do you see that those Bush oh yes there

nothing very special about this only it

wasn't there

yesterday well perhaps someone came and

just planted it I've been here all the

time I never heard a sound it just

appeared well perhaps it isn't real

perhaps it's it's just a rose bush

someone put there I'm going to have a

look at it no don't don't go out there

come back please come

back don't you like being left alone not

much how long have we been here I don't

know 2 days 2 weeks or 2 months I don't

know I haven't counted

but who does the house belong to you

can't live here all by yourself anyway

there's no furniture unless some in the

other rooms I haven't been in the other

rooms you ask an awful lot of questions

well wouldn't you ask an awful lot of

questions if he just walked into a house

in the middle of the night and found it

was empty except for someone just

sitting there you're very bad tempered

no I am not but you're so maddening and

you're trying to be mysterious I suppose

I am but I really don't know much I

don't know whose this house is or where

it is I just found myself here like you

found yourself out

there you did just find yourself up

there didn't you yes and you said you

got to get in

yes it's funny I've got the feeling that

I have to be here why Well if I knew why

it wouldn't we just a feeling would

it what's your name I'm not going to

tell you till I know who you are why

should I I tell you first no reason who

won't call one with

anything I don't like it here you don't

have to stay go back from wherever you

came from but you come too I can't why

ever not because I can't

walk you can't walk in the 15th century

Portuguese explorers sailed along the

northwest coast they got

Sierra Leon and the Congo can you see

where that is Maran yes after that they

went on down to the Cape of Good Hope

the most famous of first you say there

weren't any stairs and then you say you

can't

walk if you can't walk it doesn't matter

whether they are stairs how did you get

in I'm not here all the

time where are you when you're not here

I don't know but whenever I get back

here I sort of know I've been here

before but I never know when I'm coming

no I didn't know either but still I

don't understand about the stairs you

said there weren't anyone I was talking

to outside there weren't how did you

know how if you really can't walk how

did you get to the door I suppose you

crawled you're so silly first you say

you can't let me in because there's no

stairs and then you say you can't walk

and now you say you know there's no

stairs because you went and lo why don't

you shut up and go away at least I can't

at at least I can walk out of this house

go then walk out and go back you came

from I don't

care is there anything wrong Mr just oh

no she um looked rather tired I thought

I'd better leave to

sleep oh I'm sorry I'm terribly sorry

it's all right have you been here

were you always I mean could you walk

before you were ill of course I could I

was perfectly right before well perhaps

it's just weakness and perhaps if you

practiced no it's the Hest it did

something to my muscles they don't seem

to work properly anymore I got over

feeling ill ages ago but I do exercises

but then don't seem to do much

good you called Mar aren you yes how did

you know who are you my name me me me no

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