The Apple Spy by Terry Deary

Author:Terry Deary
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781472926228
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2014-08-19T04:00:00+00:00

It wasn’t a rosy or a golden apple and the skin wasn’t shiny. It was green and a little bit wrinkled. I discovered I really was hungry.

‘Aberdeen,’ the ticket collector’s distant voice cried as doors clattered open and steam hissed.

The spy’s voice was low and kind. ‘Here, young lady. You can have my apple.’

I took it and felt juices in my mouth. I raised it to my lips. I hadn’t eaten an apple since the war started a year ago.

A door near the end of the carriage banged open. A boy called out, ‘Marie? Marie?’ He sounded like my brother Jamie. I’d answer him after I’d taken a bite. ‘Marie?’ he called and the door to the compartment next door slammed open. My mouth opened.

‘Enjoy it,’ the spy breathed.

The door of our compartment slid open so hard the blind wound up with a whoosh. Jamie stared in and saw me. ‘No, Marie!’ he cried. ‘Remember Snow White!’ He jumped forward and knocked the apple out of my hand. It rolled on the floor.

The spy picked it up. He looked cross. My brother grabbed my wrist and dragged me out of the carriage.

‘It’s poisoned,’ he said. ‘And I don’t have seven dwarfs to bring you back to life.’

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