Life Behind the Wall by Robert Elmer

Author:Robert Elmer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Zonderkidz
Published: 2014-03-01T05:00:00+00:00

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KAPITEL ELF

TRUSTING GRETA

“I don’t understand what just happened in there.” Willi scratched his head as he stood with Sabine on the front steps of St. Ludwig’s.

First the mystery message from Erich’s friend, then the heartbreaking apology from Oma. What did the girl want to talk to them about, and what was Oma so sorry for? And finally their quick exit, thanks to that rude nurse. Sabine crossed her arms and looked at the ornate front door, wondering.

Especially about Oma.

The door flew open. “There you are!” Greta exclaimed. “I was afraid you’d already left!”

She stopped next to them and caught her breath.

“Oh, well, no, we — ” Sabine wasn’t sure how much she should tell this girl, even though she’d said she was Erich’s friend. What if she worked for the Stasi as an informant, a snitch, like half the city? She could be pretending, looking for information to get Erich in trouble. Greta seemed to read her mind and rested a hand on the girl’s shoulder.

“You don’t have to worry, Sabine. If we weren’t on your side, believe me, you’d have been rounded up long ago.”

“You said before that you wanted to ask us something?” Sabine wasn’t going to believe just anything.

“Right.” Greta nodded. “But first I need your word that you’ll keep this just between us.” The older girl looked first at Sabine, then Willi. And Sabine gave her friend a warning look, though she couldn’t say it out loud: Don’t you dare mention anything about “on your honor as a Junge Pioniere.”

He held up his hand and opened his mouth, but Sabine beat him to it.

“Fine.”

Whoops. What had she just promised?

Greta nodded seriously. “All right, then. We need to know about the underground . . . the hole you fell into.”

“Oh, you want to know about that?” Willi perked up. “I’ve been down there. It’s dark and musty, actually. And the car isn’t as nice as she made me believe at first, and — ”

“Willi!” Sabine interrupted. “She doesn’t need to know all that.”

“A car?” Greta’s eyebrows registered her surprise. “Actually, all we want to know is how you managed to get down there again. By the time we figured out that’s where you printed your flyers, the workers had already sealed up the street. You know of another way?”

Sabine bit her lip. “Why do you want to know?”

This time, Greta looked nervous, and she checked the door behind them. Did she really trust them or not?

“We’re planning to dig a tunnel under the wall,” she finally whispered. “But we need a place to start from and someplace to pile all the dirt. We want you to show us the hole because it might be the perfect place to start digging.”

“Oh!” Sabine could hardly believe Greta’s words. “I’ve heard stories about people escaping that way. I just didn’t know if they were true.”

“They’re true. And we’re going to do it too.”

“But through the sewers and such. That’s what they’re trying now, isn’t it?”

“A few have tried. But the Stasi have begun welding the manhole covers shut.

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