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Indonesia 14

The art of being normal 16

Nicholas was … 13

Proverbs 11

Climate change 9

Proms 6

Never trust a mirror 4

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Perspectives on being goodWhat does it take, do you think, to be good? It might be kindness, it might be honesty, it might be standing up for the rights of others, or even the rights of our planet. For everyone, being good has different meaning. For all of us, being good feels good. In this edition of Perspectives, you can explore that positive feeling through the stories of those who are doing good and those on the receiving end. Being good is an active way of being – it is stepping forward in life to say, ‘Enough! This has to change.’ It is being open to that change and to kindness. ‘Goodness is an investment that never fails.

kindness godhet, vennlighet / godleik, vennligheit

honesty ærlighet / ærlegdom

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Never trust a mirrorby Erin Hanson

NEVER TRUST A MIRROR

to flutter å blafre

drifting off to sleep å holde på å sovne / å halde på å sovne

Never trust a mirror,For a mirror always lies,It makes you think that all you’re worth,Can be seen from the outside.

Never trust a mirror,It only shows you what’s skin deep,You can’t see how your eyelids flutter,When you’re drifting off to sleep,

It doesn’t show you what the world sees,When you’re only being you,Or how your eyes light up,When you’re loving what you do,

fortsetter på neste side

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NEVER TRUST A MIRROR

to capture å fange

to dictate å diktere, å fastsette / å diktere, å fastsetje

It doesn’t capture when you’re smiling,Where no one else can see,And your reflection cannot tell you,Everything you mean to me,

Never trust a mirror,For it only shows your skin,And if you think that dictates your worth,It’s time you looked within.

© Erin Hanson. Reprinted by permission

READ MOREhttp://thepoeticunderground.com/

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an opportunity en mulighet / ei moglegheit

a vehicle for something en mulighet til å gjennomføre noe / ei moglegheit til å gjennomføre noko

to take a stand idiom: å vise hva man står for / å vise kva ein står for

senior citizens eldre mennesker / eldre menneske

a tux (short for tuxedo) en smoking / ein smoking


PROMS BECOME PLATFORM FOR GOOD DEEDS, SOCIAL CHANGE

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Proms become platform for good deeds, social changeby Bett Harpaz

Proms traditionally have been a night of glamour and romance. They come complete with backstage drama over dates and dresses. But prom culture is changing. Some teens now see prom as an opportunity. It can be inclusive rather than exclusive. They’re using proms as vehicles for good deeds and to take a stand on issues that matter to them.

Teens are inviting classmates with autism to be their dates. One student group organised a prom for senior citizens. In Louisiana, a gay female student fought for the right to wear a tux.

[…]Here are some stories about some teenagers. Instead of worrying about how to fit in, they used their proms to reach out to others or express their right to be different.

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a range of en rekke / ei rekkje

a special ed teacher en spesiallærer / ein spesiallærar

to chaperone å følge og holde øye med / å følgje og halde auge med

a peer en likemann / ein likemann

to stitch together å sette sammen / å setje saman

an announcement en kunngjøring / ei kunngjering

publicity publisitet

an appearance medvirkning i / medverknad i

to surround å omgi


Kaitlin McCarthy, 17, is a high school junior in Canton, Massachusetts. Her schoolmate, Matty Marcone, has special needs and a range of medical issues. “He’s the sweetest kid,” Kaitlin said. “I see Matty for who he is. I say, ‘Oh, that’s my buddy, Matty,’ not ‘Poor Matty, he’s dealing with this or that right now.’”

Matty told Kaitlin he wanted to buy Disney World for her. “I said, if he’s going to buy Disney World for me, I should bring him to the prom,” said Kaitlin. The whole school joined the effort. Kaitlin’s boyfriend helped too. Matty learned to dance. Special ed teachers and the school nurse chaperoned to help manage Matty’s diabetes. The hockey team made sure he had friends to hang out with in addition to Kaitlin.

Matty and Kaitlin ended up being crowned prom king and queen. “A lot of the kids know his situation, that he’s very sick. But they also respect him as a peer. This wasn’t done out of pity,” said Matty’s mom, Susan Marcone. “There was magic in the room that night.”

Another kind of magic took place at Division Avenue High School in Levittown, New York. Senior, Sarah Kardonsky, invited a friend with autism, Michael Pagano, to the prom. Michael had asked several girls to the prom but they all said no. “I was going to go by myself if I didn’t get a date,” he said. “But it turned out Sarah had a plan.”

Michael is a New York Jets fan. So Sarah messaged Jets players via Instagram. She asked for help making a video prom invitation. To her surprise, Antonio Cromartie and eight other Jets sent videos of themselves. They said, “Mike, will you go to the prom with Sarah?” She stitched the videos together. It was shown one morning in school with the day’s announcements. “He’s such a great kid. I didn’t want him to go alone,” said Sarah. “He had already been turned down so many times, I wanted to make it special for him.”

The publicity led to a free limo, free tux and an appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”. But here’s what matters to Sarah: “People who worry so much about what dress to wear or who to go with, that’s not what prom is about. Prom is about having a good time. You should just be surrounded by people who make you happy.”


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to be barred å bli nektet / å bli nekta

a quest en søken, en kamp / ei søking, ein kamp

to participate å delta

your whole self her: den du virkelig er / han/ho du verkeleg er


Claudetteia Love, 17, was barred from wearing a tux to the April 24 Carroll High School prom in Monroe, Louisiana. After word of her quest got out, the dress code was changed with the support of the school board president. “I am thankful that my school is allowing me to be who I am,” she said.

“Proms are a very traditional part of the high school experience,” said Asaf Orr. She is staff attorney at the National Center for Lesbian Rights. The organisation supported her case. “Participating in those events as your whole self, that’s really what it’s about. These kids are saying, ‘I want to go to this event. I’m not going to hide part of who I am.’”

[…]

Associated Press© 2015, TweenTribuneSmithsonian

READ MOREhttp://tweentribune.com/article/junior/proms-become-platform-good-deeds-social-change/

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to affect å påvirke / å påverke

to increase å øke / å auke

pollution forurensing/forureining

a development en utvikling / ei utvikling

to reduce å redusere

to reuse å gjenbruke / å bruke på nytt

to recycle å resirkulere

CLIMATE CHANGE: SMALL ACTIONS, BIG CHANGES


Climate change: small actions, big changes by Sara B.

We all know that global climate change is affecting our planet. The temperature increases and the weather changes. We also know that global climate change is caused by pollution created by us humans. So, what to do? Well, we have to change our ways. Here are some tips on how you can do some good and help change this negative development.

How can I help?There is a bunch of ways to help. You could reduce, reuse, and recycle. There are many things that you can reduce, reuse, and recycle, like bottles and paper. Reduce, reuse, and recycle are known as the three Rs of the environment.

What can I reduce?You are just about to throw away your half-eaten sandwich at lunchtime. You think, the world won’t end just because I’m not going to eat the rest of it. You might not think twice about it all. But did you

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to waste å kaste bort

a source en kilde / ei kjelde

a landfill en søppelfylling / ei søppelfylling

to break down her: å bryte ned

a purpose et formål / eit formål

a game console en spillkonsoll / ein spelkonsoll

to release å slippe ut / å sleppe ut

a community her: et nærmiljø / her: eit nærmijø

CLIMATE CHANGE: SMALL ACTIONS, BIG CHANGES

know that about 40 % of all the food in the U.S. is wasted? There is one big thing that you can reduce in your daily life. T-R-A-S-H, including food. Instead of throwing away perfectly good food you don’t eat, you can save it for another time. About 1.3 million tons of food is wasted each year in the US – that’s 20 pounds (9 kilograms) of food per person per month … wasted! It’s the second biggest source of garbage in landfills and even creates pollution as it breaks down. So, the more trash, the more pollution.

What can I reuse?You can reuse a shopping bag. Instead of throwing away a plastic or paper shopping bag, why not keep it and use it again? Did you know that a plastic bag can take from 500 to 1000 years to break down? Every plastic bag you get at the store is pretty much forever.

In the same way, backpacks new or old have the same purpose. Backpacks can be donated and reused. […]

What can I recycle?There are a lot of odd things that you can recycle. Even chewing gum! An airport in the United Kingdom collects gum in a box called the Gumdrop. Gum, when recycled, can be turned into tires for cars, and toys for us.

You probably know that you can also recycle all sorts of paper. Hopefully you already do. Used paper can get recycled into new paper. That means less trees being cut down because of paper needs.

You can also recycle game consoles. Crazy! Recycling game consoles can result in less gases being released into the air. The old game consoles get turned into new ones. Wow!

These are all ways that you can help to stop global climate change. Reducing, reusing, and recycling are really important to do in your community and it is really easy to do. If we all reduce, reuse, and recycle, we can have a better tomorrow for the Earth.

© Here there everywhere, News for Kids 2016. Reprinted by permission

READ MOREhttp://htekidsnews.com/climate-change-small-actions-big-changes/

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a proverb et ordtak / eit ordtak

a common idea en felles oppfatning av noe / ei felles oppfatning av noko

to extinguish å slukke / å sløkke

to halve å halvere, dele i to

Proverbs

All cultures have their own ideas about how to be good, both to ourselves and to others. These thoughts can be expressed through proverbs. Proverbs are short sayings about common ideas, and they are often so old that we don’t know who said them first. Here are some proverbs from different cultures, but all about goodness.

Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden, but never extinguished. (African)

It’s easy to halve the potato where there’s love. (Irish)

Listen to the wind, it talks. Listen to the silence, it speaks. Listen to your heart, it knows. (Native American)

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. (Maori)

Speak well of your friend, of your enemy say nothing. (Welsh)

Don’t let the windows of your home be so small that the light of the sun cannot enter your rooms. (Inuit)

Two shorten the road. (Irish)

Getty Images / Blaine Harrington

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a feast en fest eller festmåltid / ein fest eller festmåltid

a reward en belønning / ei lønn

a vow et løfte / eit løfte

to utter falsehood å snakke usant

PROVERBS

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. (African)

Enough is as good as a feast. (Scottish)

There’s reward in every goodness. (Welsh)

We will be known forever by the tracks we leave. (Native American)

It is better to take a vow of silence than to utter falsehoods. (Indian)

Your feet will bring you where your heart is. (Irish)

Better be alone than in bad company. (Scottish)

An active soul is a healthy soul. (Maori)

We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love … and then return home. (Aboriginal)

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NICHOLAS WAS …

to cherish å verdsette, sette pris på / å verdsetje, setje pris på

sin synden/synda

dwarfish dvergliknende/dvergliknande

a cavern en grotte / ei grotte

to twitter å kvitre (som en fugl) / å kvitre (som ein fugl)

incomprehensible ubegripelige / ubegripelege, uforståelege

to sob å hulke, gråte

to envy å misunne

a punishment en straff / ei straff

harsh streng

Nicholas was …by Neil Gaiman

Not everyone cherishes the thought of being good and doing good deeds. Take this old fellow for instance!

Nicholas was …… older than sin, and his beard could grow no whiter. He wanted to die.The dwarfish natives of the Arctic caverns did not speak his

language, but conversed in their own, twittering tongue, conducted incomprehensible rituals, when they were not actually working in the factories.

Once every year they forced him, sobbing and protesting, into Endless Night. During the journey he would stand near every child in the world, leave one of the dwarves’ invisible gifts by its bedside. The children slept, frozen into time.

He envied Prometheus and Loki, Sisyphus and Judas. His punishment was harsher.

Ho.Ho.Ho.

© 1998 by Neil Gaiman. “Nicolas was...” from Smoke & Mirrors, Neil Gaiman. Reprinted by permission of Harper Collins Publichers

LEARN MOREhttp://www.neilgaiman.com/

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a community her: et mindre samfunn / her: eit mindre samfunn

to pull together å jobbe sammen / å jobbe saman

to beam with pride å lyse av stolthet / å lyse av stoltheit

to learn valuable lessons å få verdifull lærdom

disposing of refuse kasting av søppel

to consist of å bestå avto promote å fremme

INDONESIA: WATER AND SANITATION AND THE “LITTLE DOCTORS”

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Indonesia: Water and sanitation and the “Little Doctors”

Across the world, there are many organisations that work to help others. Communities also pull together to help each other and improve their local environment. Children are just as important as adults are when it comes to doing good for others, as you will come to learn …

Mothers in Indonesia beam with pride as they watch their children performing in the primary school play. But the mothers are more than entertained by the young actors; they are also learning valuable lessons about the importance of boiling water, washing their hands before preparing food or eating, and disposing of refuse properly.

The actors are members of “Little Doctors”, a primary school project funded by the government of New Zealand and supported by UNICEF. This school club, consisting of 30 students from grades four to six, promotes hygiene through community theater and other activities.

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sanitation hygiene

a play’s final curtain når sceneteppet har gått ned

to improve å forbedre / å betre, å utbetre

to encourage å oppmuntre

a drain et avløp / eit avløp

debris søppel

a herb garden en urtehage / ein urtehage

effectively effektivt

to problem-solve å løse problemer / å løyse problem

to negotiate å forhandle

a benefit gevinst, fordel

INDONESIA: WATER AND SANITATION AND THE “LITTLE DOCTORS”

The discussion about water, sanitation, and health continues long after the play’s final curtain. The children bring the lessons home. The mothers say that they are getting the message and are changing their hygiene behavior.

The students’ work of improving the health of their community goes beyond their theater productions. They also take charge of the village’s “Clean Friday”, a national movement that encourages hygiene promotion. When the “Little Doctors” club began in 1998, it improved the community’s sanitary environment by upgrading drains, clearing debris, and working on a school herb garden.

The Little Doctors are becoming leaders, learning to communicate clearly and effectively, problem-solve, negotiate, and analyse. As future mothers and fathers, they are also ensuring hygienic environments and better health for tomorrow’s generation. But the benefits are already happening today.

“With a clean environment people don’t become ill,” says 13-year-old Zarkasi. “So our concentration for studying isn’t disturbed and we learn better in school.”

© UNICEF. Reprinted by permission

READ MOREhttp://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/index_2103.htmlhttp://www.unicef.org/

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to document å dokumentere, skrive ned

standard form standardform (en forenklet måte å skrive svært store eller svært små tall på) / standardform (ein forenkla måte å skrive svært store eller svært små tal på)

Elvish alvespråk

a hunched-over figure en foroverbøyd skikkelse / ein framoverbøygd skikkelse

thoroughly exhausted utslitt/utsliten

to flick å knipse

THE ART OF BEING NORMAL


The art of being normalby Lisa Williamson

David Piper wants to be a girl. He has wanted this as long as he can remember. Only his two best friends know. His family thinks he is gay, while the school bullies look at him as a freak. He even keeps a diary where he documents how puberty changes his body, hating all the manly parts. One day a new kid shows up at school. His name is Leo Denton, and he comes from the bad part of town. He is mysterious and keeps to himself.

In maths we are studying standard form. Mr Steele may as well be speaking Elvish for all I understand. Unable to keep up, I end up spending most of the lesson doodling. It takes me by surprise when I realise the hunched-over figure I’ve drawn in the corner of my page looks more than a bit like Leo Denton.

By lunch time I am thoroughly exhausted. Harry, Tom and Lexi are behind me in the canteen queue, Harry and Tom taking turns to flick my ears, making Lexi squeal with laughter every time.

‘Very mature guys,’ I say, trying to sound as bored as possible.‘Oh c’mon, lighten up, Freak Show,’ Harry says. ‘It’s just a bit of fun.’He flicks me again on the right earlobe, hard. I flinch. The three of

them crack up laughing.

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Snog, Marry, Throw off a Cliff et dilemmaspill: Hvem vil du kysse, gifte deg med og kaste utfor et stup av … / eit dilemmaspel: Kven vil du kysse, gifte deg med og kaste utfor eit stup av …

tedium kjedsomhet/keisemd

a perv (short for pervert) en pervers person / ein pervers person

to dissolve å bli oppløst / å bli oppløyst


[…]I turn away from him. Up ahead the dinner ladies are ladling out food in what seems like slow motion.

‘God, this queue is killing me,’ Lexi says, sighing. ‘Entertain me, Harry?’

‘Isn’t being in my company entertainment enough?’ Harry asks. Lexi giggles.

‘Hey, how about a quick round of Snog, Marry, Throw Off a Cliff?’ Tom suggests.

‘Go on then,’ Lexi says. ‘Anything to break this tedium.’‘Let me go first, I’ve got an amazing one for Lex.’‘Go on then, Tommy-boy,’ Harry says. ‘Do your worst.’‘OK,’ Tom says. ‘So here are your choices, Lexi. Mr Wilton …’‘Gross!’ Lexi squeals. Mr Wilton teaches maths and is at least

seventy.‘Mr Stacey …’ Tom continues.Lexi squeals again. Mr Stacey teaches English and is a complete

perv. There’s a rumour he tried to get Caitlin Myers drunk on the Year 12 trip to Toulouse last term.

‘And finally, 10C’s very own …’ I hear Tom perform a drum roll on his thighs. ‘… David Piper.’

Lexi dissolves into a fresh wave of giggles.‘Genius!’ Harry exclaims, high fiving Tom. ‘Pure genius, mate!’I try to concentrate on the menu, debating sausage and mash

versus vegetarian lasagne.‘So c’mon then, Lex, the man has spoken, what’s the verdict?’ Harry

says.‘Easy,’ Lexi replies. ‘I’d snog Mr Stacey, cos at least you’d know he’d

be into it, I’d marry Mr Wilton, cos he might die soon and I’d get all his money in the will, and I’d throw Freak Show off the cliff.’

‘Aw, poor Freak Show!’ Harry says.‘Like I care,’ I say under my breath, reaching for a bottle of water.‘What did you say?’ Harry asks.I place the bottle on my tray, take a deep breath and turn all the

way round to face him.‘Do you honestly think I care whether Bubble Brain here wants to

throw me off a cliff or not?’Tom stifles a giggle.

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confident selvsikker/sjølvsikker

to teeter her: å balansere

to pout å surmule

a sensible option et fornuftig alternativ / eit fornuftig alternativ

to haunt å hjemsøke / å heimsøkje

an attribute en attributt, en positiv egenskap / ein attributt, ein positiv eigenskap

satisfying tilfredsstillende/tilfredsstillande

to jerk å rykke / å rykkje

to stagger å sjangle

to screech å hyle


‘What did you call me?’ Lexi asks, her face suddenly bright red.‘Bubble Brain,’ I say, sounding about a thousand times more

confident than I feel. There’s a line with Harry and I have a feeling I’m teetering dangerously on the edge of it.

‘Harry, are you going to let him speak to me like that?’ Lexi demands, pouting.

Harry walks round me in a slow circle. I can feel my heartbeat speed up. He stops behind me, his body pressed up against mine, his chin resting on my shoulder. I can feel his breath warm on my cheek. It smells of cigarettes masked with polo mints.

‘Apologise to my girlfriend,’ he growls in my ear.I consider my options. I could, of course, do what Harry has asked,

and apologise to Lexi. This would probably be the most sensible option in the long run. However, it would also haunt me for days. I’d wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat thinking of all the kick-ass things I could have said. Alternatively, I could channel my inner-Essie and reel off the long list of Lexi’s other ‘attributes’ in addition to being a bubble brain. This would be the most satisfying option but potentially very dangerous indeed. What I don’t consider is what I actually end up doing, possibly the most dangerous option of all.

‘I’m waiting, Freak Show,’ Harry whispers, his breath tickling my ear.I jerk my shoulder upwards, the bone connecting with Harry’s jaw

with a loud crack. I spin round. Harry has both hands clasped over his mouth, his eyes bulging with shock.

‘You made him bite his tongue, you total freak!’ Lexi cries, rushing forward and putting her arms round Harry. He shakes her off and charges at me. I stagger a few steps backwards, hesitating before pushing him back. I must catch him off guard because he loses his footing and goes stumbling into a screeching Lexi. He straightens up and pushes me again, harder this time, his eyes flashing angrily. The force of the push sends me flying into the kids behind me. My backpack drops from my shoulder and falls to the floor. I bend down to pick it up, but Tom gets there first, scooping his foot underneath it and kicking it to Harry who proceeds to dribble it round in a circle.

‘Beaumont, don’t be such a child,’ a Year 11 girl says.For a second I think Harry is going to listen to her because he stops

and picks up the bag. As he moves toward me, I hold out my hands to take it from him. But at the last second a huge grin spreads across

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urgency her: utålmodighet / mangel på tålmod

to graze å streife

to clatter out å ramle ut

to scatter å spre seg / å spreie seg

innocently uskyldig/uskuldig

to recite å lese opp

his face and he chucks it over my head to Tom instead. As it’s sailing through the air as if in slow motion, I remember.

My inspection notebook is in there.Panic floods my chest.‘Give it back,’ I say to Tom.‘Give it back,’ he imitates in a high-pitched squeak.‘You could at least ask nicely,’ Harry says.‘Give it back, please!’ I say, urgency creeping in to my voice.‘Now that’s much better,’ Harry says. ‘But you know what, Freak

Show? We’re not done yet.’He chucks the backpack to Lexi this time, who shrieks with delight

before throwing it to Tom.‘Look, just give it back!’I’m yelling now. But they keep throwing and I’m piggy in the middle,

jumping helplessly. Tom throws the backpack to Harry. It arches high over my head. I reach for it, my fingers just grazing the shoulder straps, before it lands in Harry’s arms. Instead of throwing it back to Tom, he holds it to his chest, rocking it like a newborn baby, a fresh grin on his face.

‘You know what I think? That the lady doth protest too much,’ he says, slowly undoing the zip.

No, no, no.‘Harry,’ I say in a low whisper. ‘I’m begging you, just give it back.’‘You’re begging me, are you?’ he says. ‘How very, very interesting.’Not taking his eyes off mine, he turns the backpack upside down.

The contents clatter out. My pencil case springs open, pens and pencils scattering in all directions. Half a bottle of water comes tumbling out after it, a packet of chewing gum, my keys, books and folders, paper floating innocently to the ground like over-sized confetti. And finally, my purple note-book. I drop to my knees to pick it up but Harry is one step ahead of me, snatching it up in one swift movement.

‘Now what do we have here?’ he announces to the growing audience. ‘Does Freak Show keep a diary? Dear Diary, why am I such a weirdo loser?’ he recites in a high voice.

More and more kids are gathering to watch. I look around for a teacher or dinner lady, but I can’t see anything over the heads of the small crowd that circles us.

Including Zachary Olsen.

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to be on a roll idiom: å være i siget / å vere i siget

at random på et tilfeldig sted / på ein tilfeldig stad

to frown å rynke pannen i misnøye / å rynke panna i misnøye

to lunge å kaste seg framover

to pin her: å låse

coarse grove

a din en larm, et bråk / ein larm, eit bråk

to chant å messe

fluctuating vekslende, varierende / vekslande, varierande

to spill her: å renne over

to gush å sprute


Suddenly I feel very dizzy.‘Give it a rest, Harry,’ someone says, possibly the Year 11 girl again.

But Harry’s on a roll. He’s having too much fun to even consider quitting now. He opens the notebook at random. His eyes dart down the page, widening with excitement, like he can’t quite believe his luck.

‘Harry, please,’ I say, glancing sideways at Zachary who is frowning slightly. But it’s useless; nothing’s going to stop Harry now.

‘Guys, guys, listen to this!’ he cries. ‘Eighth March. Height – one metre, sixty-five centimetres, Adam’s apple – small but visible,’ he looks up at me, shaking his head. ‘What the hell is this, Freak Show?

I lunge towards him, trying to make a grab for the notebook, but Tom gets hold of my arms, pinning them behind my back.

‘Get off me!’ I yell, twisting against him and kicking my legs. One of my kicks connects with his left shin. He swears under his breath, and wraps his arms all the way round my chest instead, tight, so I can barely breath. He’s taller than me, and broadly built.

‘Pubic hair – coarser, more wiry!’ Harry continues to crow. ‘Bloody hell, listen to this! Penis length – six and a half centimetres!’

There’s an explosion of laughter. I’m screaming now, at the top of my lungs, thinking maybe if I make enough noise I can drown Harry out. At one point I think I can hear someone telling him to stop, but over the din I can’t be sure.

‘Shutupshutupshutup!’ I chant, my eyes squeezed shut. Perhaps if I don’t open them I can pretend this is all a horrible dream, that Zachary Olsen isn’t standing a metre away from me listening to Harry recite the fluctuating size of my penis. I can feel water building up under my eyelids, threatening to spill. But I can’t cry in front of them. I won’t.

The punch shuts us all up.It sounds unreal, like a sound effect from an action film. I open my

eyes. Harry is on the floor, blood gushing from his nose, his eyes wide with shock. At first I think maybe I’ve had some kind of out of body experience and I’m the one responsible. But then I realise Tom’s arms are still around me. I trace Harry’s eye line. Standing over him is Leo, the kid from Cloverdale School, staring at his fist like it doesn’t belong to him.

© Lisa Williamson. From The art of being normal, David Fickling books.

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