The Greats by Deborah Ellis
Author:Deborah Ellis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
Published: 2020-07-21T21:39:52+00:00
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Jomon stays quiet for a long time after Dev finishes talking.
The only thing he says is, âIâm going to call you Angel.â
He needs to think.
Itâs all so strange.
There is Hiâs name, Hiram Jomon Fowler, so close to his own, Jomon Hiram Fowler. There is the way both Hi and Angel know the Soothing Song. They both look like him â the position of their ears, the shape of their foreheads and chins â and they seem to be able to read his thoughts.
Most strange of all is Angelâs story. It is familiar to Jomon. Parts of it, anyway. He canât remember where he heard it, but he knows heâs been told bits of this family story before.
Maybe they are just like Scroogeâs fragments of underdone potato, when he first sees the ghost of Jacob Marley.
Or maybe they are real.
Jomon winds his fingers through the bars in the window and leans his head on the door.
They donât know me. If they knew me, they would know Iâm not worth bothering about.
âWhy arenât you?â asks Angel.
Jomon hears the voice right behind him. He turns to see Angel and Hi inside the cell with him. Angel is sitting as far away from Hi as possible, which isnât far in that small space.
âWhy arenât you worth bothering about?â Angel asks again.
Jomon shakes his head.
âJust tell us,â says Hi. âWhat makes you so unworthy? What horrible thing did you do?â
âItâs what I didnât do!â Jomon spits out. He slumps to the floor with his back against the cell door.
âTell us,â says Hi.
Jomon canât get the words out.
âIf you could do one thing better,â Angel says. âWhat would it be?â
Jomon answers without hesitation. âI would say goodbye to my mother.â
He starts to cry. He lowers his head, ashamed to be crying in front of the other two boys.
When he finally looks up again, he is all alone in the cell.
The sounds of the night take over, and Jomon sleeps.
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