How To Write Really Badly by Anne Fine

Author:Anne Fine
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Egmont
Published: 2011-09-25T04:00:00+00:00

He’d go through it four times over, to be sure. Then:

‘Have I made any mistakes at all in the adding?’

I’d check for him.

‘No. No mistakes in the adding.’

‘So it’s right?’

‘I’m afraid not.’

And I’d call Miss Tate over yet again, with all her rods and blocks, to try and explain.

One day, I asked her:

‘Why are you torturing him like this?’

Miss Tate looked hurt and horrified.

‘Torturing him? Howard, what on earth do you mean? I was just asking Joe if he understands.’

‘But Joe doesn’t know if he understands.’

‘Maybe he’ll get it suddenly. Some people do.’

She turned her back on me.

‘So, Joe,’ she said patiently. ‘Let’s try this one again. We start in this column, don’t we? So what’s seven times eight?’

We wait forever. And then, at last (because Joe can lip-read Beth) the answer comes.

‘Fifty-six?’

Miss Tate was thrilled.

‘Excellent, Joe!’

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