Next to Alice by Anne Fine

Author:Anne Fine
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barrington Stoke Ltd
Published: 2023-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

“Stop that!” said Alice. “Just stop doing that at once.”

I had to swallow everything before I could speak. That took a while. Then, “Stop what?” I asked.

“Gobbling,” she told me. “You’re just shovelling the food in your mouth. You’re not looking at it. You’re not smelling it. You’re probably not even tasting it. You might as well be eating hay.”

I stared at Alice. “Hay?”

“Yes,” she said. “Like a horse, out of a nosebag.”

I took a look at what was left on my plate. And, sure enough, I hadn’t really seen the pizza properly.

The topping was all bright and cheery, with cherry red tomatoes, curvy slices of dark green pepper and shiny golden cheese. The crust was a lovely rich brown, with just a few tiny black sprinkles around the edge. The lettuce on the side was a beautiful rich green, with pretty edges, like a flower.

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