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- Authors: Lesley Parr
- Language: English
- Genre: Children’s Military Fiction
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The Three of Us
It’s surprising how many people in a small town will believe there’s a wild
cat on the loose. Up the valley, in Blaengarw, loads have seen it, but no one
has real proof.
Funny that.
Jinx thinks it’s true – but then, he would. He’s over by the old brick shed
on the other side of the waste ground with Tam, collecting stuff to build a
bike ramp. But I’d rather bomb around, spraying little stones into the air
when I spin into skids.
This place, this scruffy, gravelly patch of land covered in rubble and
pallets and anything else that can be dragged here, is where most of us
Ponty kids hang around after school. I know everyone and everyone knows
me. I never used to mind that, because I never really thought about it. But
it’s different now. Because everything’s different now.
I try to perfect a wheelie, hit a stone, lose my balance and land on my
side, wheels spinning. Just as Catrin comes over the top of the hill, hood up
against the wind.
She runs over. ‘Jason! You okay?’
‘Yeah,’ I say, rubbing my arm. Good job my parka’s nice and thick.
‘If you want to ride on one wheel, why don’t you get a unicycle?’ she
asks, holding out a hand, but I get up without taking it.
‘Choppers are cooler.’ I grin, checking my bike for scratches.
All around us, kids shout and play. Some younger ones run past with
their coats buttoned at the top like capes, yelling the Batman theme tune; on
a tower of old car tyres, a girl’s pretending to be a teacher, bossing her
friends around; most of us older ones are on bikes. It’s better than the park;
that’s got flower beds and benches and grown-ups.
This is just for us. This is ours.
‘Why are you so late anyway?’ I ask Catrin.
‘Flipping bus broke down,’ she says. ‘Again. Wish I could walk to school
like you.’
I look down the road, behind her. ‘Where’s Rhodri?’
‘Left him outside Harwell’s, drooling over the Airfix kits. Mam’s going
to tell me off, but I’ve got tons of homework.’ She lifts her satchel, like
she’s trying to prove there are loads of books inside. ‘Little brothers are a
pain.’
‘I bet that’s what Richie says about me.’
‘He’s doing his best, you know.’
I shrug. ‘Suppose.’
Catrin shuts up. That’s the great thing about her. She knows not to give
me the look, the I’m sorry your mam and dad died and your brother has to
look after you look. I get it from everyone else; teachers, Aunty Pearl, even
Jinx and Tam sometimes. That’s me; Jason North, the Ponty Orphan.
I hate it.
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