Music Mad by Rowan McAuley

Author:Rowan McAuley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont
Published: 2012-07-25T04:00:00+00:00

For a while, Iris was able to forget about the concert. She fell into step with the other girls and soon they were all puffing and laughing, tripping over the uneven track and telling music jokes.

‘Hey, Annabelle,’ said Mia. ‘How do you keep your violin from getting stolen?’

‘I don’t know,’ Annabelle smiled.

‘Put it in a viola case.’

‘Oh, ha, ha, very funny, I’m sure,’ said Siri. ‘Well, tell me, Mia, which is smaller — a violin or a viola?’

‘A violin, of course,’ said Mia.

‘Ah, no. They’re actually the same size, only the violinist’s head is so much bigger.’

‘Oooh!’

Iris laughed. The jokes were terrible, but bad jokes had always made her laugh, and Mia and Siri knew hundreds.

At the top of the hill, they stood and looked over the valley. Iris could see the red cabin she was staying in. It looked like a matchbox.

‘We came a long way,’ she said to Annabelle.

‘I know, but we’ll have to get back quickly now or we’ll miss out on the good biscuits at afternoon tea.’

‘Afternoon tea?’ yelled Siri, overhearing them. ‘Let’s go, guys!’

Shrieking and whooping, they pelted back down the hill to the dinner hall.

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