Ethan's Voice by Rachel Carter

Author:Rachel Carter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2013-05-20T00:00:00+00:00

“Can I see your cabin, Ethan?” asked Polly when they’d finished eating.

Ethan led her into the engine room and opened the door to his cabin.

“Wow,” said Polly. She ran her fingers over the wooden walls. “It’s so snug in here.” She frowned. “Where’s your bed?”

Ethan undid the latch on the tall cupboard and his bed unfolded.

“Magic!” said Polly. She turned to the corner of the cabin. “You’ve got your own little stove.” She touched the white painted castle on his wardrobe. “And a storybook castle.”

Ethan nodded and pulled out his secret drawer. Polly’s Halloween note was rolled up inside.

“My note,” said Polly. She looked up at the ceiling. “My cabin isn’t as fun as yours. There isn’t a hole in the roof. I don’t have a fold-down bed, or a castle, or a stove. I’d rather sleep in your cabin.”

Ethan stretched out his duvet and they sat on the bed.

“Your mum and dad are nice,” said Polly softly. There were tears in her eyes. “I wonder what my dad had for tea.”

She was quiet for a while. She looked down at the duvet. “Sometimes I wonder really bad things,” she said. “I lie in bed and I can’t sleep. I wonder what if Dad thinks we don’t care and he moves house and I can’t find him. Or what if he meets another lady with a daughter and she moves into my bedroom and my dad prefers her to me?”

Polly looked up at him, her eyes glistening. “Do you ever wonder scary things, Ethan?”

He nodded hard. He’d thought he was the only person who wondered things like that. If he could speak, he’d tell Polly all the things he wondered about. What if Dad had to drive lorries? What if he was made to go to school? What if something bad happened to Mum or Dad? What if Merlin went missing and never came back?

“How do you stop wondering?” asked Polly, her eyes fixed on his.

Ethan thought for a moment.

He got his notebook from his pocket.

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