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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 girl 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 vanished inside the school, while the others stood barring
Dinah’s way. Then Jeff reappeared. ‘The Headmaster will see you,’ he said.
‘Follow me.' 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. Then her eyes fell on the man standing by the window. He was
tall and thin, dressed in an immaculate black suit. Only his head was
startlingly white. Fair hair, almost as colourless as
snow, lay round a face with paper-white skin and lips. 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.’. Finally, he waved a hand towards an upright chair, pulled round to
face the desk. ‘Sit down.'

• There are boys and girls in the school.
• Children behaved like soldiers there.
• Children didn't play on the playground.
• Children liked to draw lines.