My Friend Walter: Part 1

By MICHAEL MORPURGO

Before I tell you about the postcard I had better tell you something about me. My name is Elizabeth Throckmorton and I'll be eleven on my next birthday. Aunty Ellie (you'll meet her later) calls me her 'china doll' on account of my pale skin and straight black hair. I'm small for my age, so people at school think I'm feeble and fragile which I'm not. I don't talk much, so they think I'm unfriendly which I'm not. I just get on better with myself than anyone else, that's all.

Around me at home there's my family. First there's Father, who's a farmer. Father treats me like a boy. I think he always wanted me to be a boy, really. Then there's Mother, who's always busy. If she's not out on the farm she's scurrying about the house with a broom or a pile of dirty washing. She never stops. She doesn't seem to have time to talk to me much these days, not since Little Jim was born; but we understand each other - always have done. Not like my big brother
Will.

Publisher: Egmont/Mammoth
Price: $14.95
Age group: 10-plus years

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