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So
off
to
school
went
Meggie
,
her
feet
dragging
and
her
head
done
up
in
a
brown
bandanna
.
Sister
Agatha
ignored
her
entirely
,
but
at
playtime
the
other
girls
caught
her
and
tore
her
scarf
away
to
see
what
she
looked
like
.
Her
face
was
only
mildly
disfigured
,
but
her
head
when
uncovered
was
a
horrible
sight
,
oozing
and
angry
.
The
moment
he
saw
what
was
going
on
Bob
came
over
,
and
took
his
sister
away
into
a
secluded
corner
of
the
cricket
pitch
.
"
Do
n't
you
take
any
notice
of
them
,
Meggie
,
"
he
said
roughly
,
tying
the
scarf
around
her
head
awkwardly
and
patting
her
stiff
shoulders
.
"
Spiteful
little
cats
!
I
wish
I
'd
thought
to
catch
some
of
those
things
out
of
your
head
;
I
'm
sure
they
'd
keep
.
The
minute
everyone
forgot
,
I
'd
sprinkle
a
few
heads
with
a
new
lot
.
"
The
other
Cleary
boys
gathered
around
,
and
they
sat
guarding
Meggie
until
the
bell
rang
.
Teresa
Annunzio
came
to
school
briefly
at
lunchtime
,
her
head
shaven
.
She
tried
to
attack
Meggie
,
but
the
boys
held
her
off
easily
.
As
she
backed
away
she
flung
her
right
arm
up
in
the
air
,
its
fist
clenched
,
and
slapped
her
left
hand
on
its
biceps
in
a
fascinating
,
mysterious
gesture
no
one
understood
,
but
which
the
boys
avidly
filed
away
for
future
use
.
"
I
hate
you
!
"
Teresa
screamed
.
"
Me
dad
's
got
to
move
out
of
the
district
because
of
what
your
dad
did
to
him
!
"
She
turned
and
ran
from
the
playground
,
howling
.
Meggie
held
her
head
up
and
kept
her
eyes
dry
.
She
was
learning
.
It
did
n't
matter
what
anyone
else
thought
,
it
did
n't
,
it
did
n't
!
The
other
girls
avoided
her
,
half
because
they
were
frightened
of
Bob
and
Jack
,
half
because
the
word
had
got
around
their
parents
and
they
had
been
instructed
to
keep
away
;
being
thick
with
the
Clearys
usually
meant
trouble
of
some
kind
.
So
Meggie
passed
the
last
few
days
of
school
"
in
Coventry
,
"
as
they
called
it
,
which
meant
she
was
totally
ostracized
.
Even
Sister
Agatha
respected
the
new
policy
,
and
took
her
rages
out
on
Stuart
instead
.
As
were
all
birthdays
among
the
little
ones
if
they
fell
on
a
school
day
,
Meggie
's
birthday
celebration
was
delayed
until
Saturday
,
when
she
received
the
longed-for
willow
pattern
tea
set
.
It
was
arranged
on
a
beautifully
crafted
ultramarine
table
and
chairs
made
in
Frank
's
nonexistent
spare
time
,
and
Agnes
was
seated
on
one
of
the
two
tiny
chairs
wearing
a
new
blue
dress
made
in
Fee
's
nonexistent
spare
time
.
Meggie
stared
dismally
at
the
blue-and-white
designs
gamboling
all
around
each
small
piece
;
at
the
fantastic
trees
with
their
funny
puffy
blossoms
,
at
the
ornate
little
pagoda
,
at
the
strangely
stilled
pair
of
birds
and
the
minute
figures
eternally
fleeing
across
the
kinky
bridge
.
It
had
lost
every
bit
of
its
enchantment
.
But
dimly
she
understood
why
the
family
had
beggared
itself
to
get
her
the
thing
they
thought
dearest
to
her
heart
.
So
she
dutifully
made
tea
for
Agnes
in
the
tiny
square
teapot
and
went
through
the
ritual
as
if
in
ecstasy
.
And
she
continued
doggedly
to
use
it
for
years
,
never
breaking
or
so
much
as
chipping
a
single
piece
.
No
one
ever
dreamed
that
she
loathed
the
willow
pattern
tea
set
,
the
blue
table
and
chairs
,
and
Agnes
's
blue
dress
.
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