The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss

Author:Johanna Reiss [Reiss, Johanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 0690851278
Publisher: HarperTeen
Published: 1972-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

7

I STRAINED my ears. Clip-clop, clip-clop. What was that noise outside? The little Groothuis boy? Where was he? In front of his house? Clip-clop, clip-clop. Jumping rope? Did he jump as high as I used to? I looked at the window. I wanted to see, not just hear. I got up. I took one step, and then another one. Sini wasn’t paying any attention. There. I had passed the safe side of the bed. Another two steps, and I’d be able to see him. Clip-clop. He must be jumping high, because he came down hard.

“Annie, have you lost your mind? Come back.”

I did, startled. “Why did you yell at me? You scared me.”

Had I forgotten, Sini asked, what would happen if somebody saw me?

No, no, I hadn’t. But what was so terrible about Poland? I stood in front of Sini. “Tell me, how often could they beat you?”

“Very often,” she said.

“I wouldn’t care. Really. Sini, you hear that?”

I stamped my foot. From downstairs Dientje called, “For God’s sake, girls, be quiet.”

He probably couldn’t jump as high as Frits could.

Frits who?

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