Over the Wall by Michael Panckridge

Author:Michael Panckridge
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ford Street Publishing
Published: 2018-11-06T16:00:00+00:00

Bryce didn’t make it to school the following day. I rang up at recess, and his dad said Bryce was fine, just very tired. He hadn’t woken up till ten o’clock.

We caught up with Bubba, briefly, at lunchtime. I’d heard the story last night but was happy to hear it again. He told us that he had got in, gone down about three flights of steps, and then followed a tunnel for ages, until he had caught up with Bryce trying to open this trapdoor. It was pretty brave of Bubba, really. I’m just glad there weren’t any spiders down there. I think he felt guilty about the mobile phone and thought he’d get in there himself to find Bryce.

It turned out that the trapdoor connected to a room at Ascot College. It was in their boarding house, where kids stay at school if their homes are too far away. They had snuck around, trying to look for a way out. Bubba said that it had crossed their mind that they might bump into Jack, too.

Everything was quiet. Bryce thought that all the boarders might have been at dinner. They snuck out, crossed Ascot Road, and that’s when we saw them heading across our ovals towards the car park.

‘So, you’re telling us that there’s a tunnel that runs underneath our ovals and the road, then links up with Ascot College,’ Luci said. We were all a bit amazed.

‘Yes.’

‘How awesome!’ squealed Becky.

‘You thinking of paying a visit to the boys’ boarding house one night are you, Becky?’ I asked cheekily.

She looked at me and rolled her eyes. ‘Yeah right, Mitch,’ she said.

‘Anyway,’ Bubba said, ‘Bryce wants to have a de-belief thing–’

‘Debriefing?’ I suggested.

‘Yeah, one of them. At his house. Next Friday, after school.’

‘Next Friday? Why not this Friday?’ asked Luci.

‘He says that we all need to concentrate on the Legend of Soccer for the week. He wants to wait till that’s over.’

That sounded okay, too.

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