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This is an extract

adapted from a book about an English teenage girl.

Dinah walked

on round the playground, waiting for the bell to ring or the whistle to go. But

there was no bell. No whistle. Instead, all sounds in the playground stopped

and the children turned round to stare at the school. There on the steps stood

a row of six children, three boys and three girls.

Without

smiling, the tallest girl stepped forwards. ‘Form – lines!’ she cried into the

silence. ‘Yes, Rose,’ all the children said, in perfect unison. As quietly and

steadily as marching soldiers, they walked together, forming neat straight

lines which ran the length of the playground. Each child stood exactly a foot

behind the one in front. Each line was exactly three feet from the one next to

it.

Not quite

sure what to do, Dinah stood by herself, her blue clothes among the green. As

the last line marched off, she walked towards the school. When she got to the

top of the steps, a huge boy stuck out an arm, stopping her. ‘Name?’ she said

briskly. ‘Dinah Glass,’ Dinah said. ‘I’m new, and-‘ ‘Just answer the

questions,’ Jeff interrupted her. ‘What’s that you’re wearing?’ ‘It’s my old

school uniform. I-‘ ‘Just answer the question,’ he said again. There was no

friendliness in his voice and as he spoke he looked not at Dinah but over her

shoulder. ‘It is not satisfactory. All pupils here shall wear correct green

uniform. Kindly see to it.’ ‘I don’t know why you’re being so bossy,’ she said

coldly. ‘Anyone’d think you were one of the teachers, instead of a measly kid

like anyone else.’ ‘All pupils shall obey the prefects,’ said the boy. ‘The

prefects are the voice of the Headmaster.’

Dinah felt

puzzled, but she was determined not to show it. She thrust her chin up and

looked straight at them. ‘Well, I think you should take me to see the

Headmaster. I’ve got a letter for him.’ The prefects looked doubtfully at each

other. Then Jeff said. ‘The Headmaster will see you,’ he said. ‘Follow me.’

Thoroughly bewildered now, Dinah walked into the school after him and along a

straight corridor. At her old school, all the walls had been covered with

pictures and drawings done by the pupils, but these walls were completely

blank, except for a framed notice hung halfway along. Dinah turned her head to

read it as she passed. The man who can keep order can rule the world. Frowning

slightly, she went on following Jeff until he came to a stop in front of a door

which had the single word HEADMASTER painted on it. He knocked. ‘Come in.’ Jeff

pushed the door open and waved Dinah inside, pulling it shut behind her. As she

stepped through, Dinah glanced quickly around the room. It was the tidiest

office she had ever seen. There were no papers, no files, no pictures on the

walls. Just a large, empty-topped desk, a filing cabinet and a bookcase with a

neat row of books. She took it all in in one second and then forgot it as her

eyes fell on the man standing by the window. He was tall and thin, dressed in

an immaculate black suit. His eyes were hidden behind dark glasses, like two

black holes in the middle of all the whiteness. She cleared her throat. ‘Hello.

I’m Dinah Glass and I-‘ He raised a long, ivory-coloured

hand. ‘Please do not speak until you are asked. Idle chatter is an inefficient

waste of energy’. Finally, he waved a hand towards an upright chair, pulled

round to face the desk. ‘Sit down.

nice, as they were green.

correct, as they showed who was prefect.

obligatory, as everybody wore them.

informative, as green was the symbol of

school.