The Adventures of Na Willa by Reda Gaudiamo

Author:Reda Gaudiamo [Gaudiamo, Reda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781912915224
Publisher: The Emma Press

‘What’s wrong, Willa?’

I heard Mak’s voice. ‘Do you need a hand?’

‘It’s OK, Mak. I can manage,’ I said in my most ultra-determined voice.

I started to lose patience. I had to put in the screws one by one and then screw them in the screwdriver. I needed both hands to turn the screwdriver. I also needed to keep the screws positioned in their holes. I needed two hands to do this as well! But it was impossible for me to ask for Mak’s help. I was the one who had taken everything off. Now I had to be the one who put it all back. The first and the second screws were the trickiest to do, but after that it got easier. And when two screws were in tight, well then it was a cinch.

By the time Mak told me lunch was ready, all the screws were where they ought to be. Mak checked them by turning the screwdriver to tighten them up. She put a little cloth over the radio. Then she walked up to me, really close.

‘Willa, you broke your promise to me that you wouldn’t open up the back of the radio. And you did it when the radio was connected to the electricity. You have put yourself in terrible danger. And so, for that reason, I have to punish you’.

I nodded.

‘You aren’t allowed to play today. I’m forbidding you from playing at Ida’s, Bud’s or Dul’s houses.’

I nodded again.

‘Hmm?’

‘I’m not allowed to play, but can I read some books, Mak?’

Mak sighed. She looked up at the ceiling. Then she said: ‘Yes, you may. But I’m choosing the book.’

So I’ve been reading Mak’s book with the cover that’s all torn. I can’t remember how many pages I’ve read. It’s just words everywhere. There are almost no pictures. After maybe thirty pages there’ll be a picture, with women wearing huge flouncy skirts, like chicken coops. Anyway, the book tells this story about four girls who live with their mum. And their father? He went to war.

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