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selkiesaoirse) wrote2017-04-01 10:19 am
selkiesaoirse) wrote2017-04-01 10:19 am
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Saoirse likes stories. She likes listening to Ben tell her all the stories their mum used to tell him, before she was born. She likes listening to Baz or Magnus tell her things, too. In her new room at Green Gardens, she has a few books, and there's a beautiful library with even more books she could read, if she wanted to.
Except she's not a good reader, not like Ben. Ben's nine, so he's a much better reader than Saoirse. All she can read is small sentences, like 'My name is Saoirse' and 'This is my dog Cu' and 'I can't talk'. She can read other bits of words, sometimes, but picking words she knows out of book pages is hard, and leaves her feeling very small and stupid.
Just like the kids at school tell her.
She doesn't like the kids at school.
She's sitting in the library, now, with Cu curled up under her legs where she sits in one of the chairs. Even though the chair is normal sized, Saoirse is sitting at the edge, and Cu is sitting right under her legs, and he looks like a giant, fluffy foot rest. She wiggles her ankles now and then and he makes happy little sounds in his sleep.
She has a book in her lap, a little kid's book. She can read most of the words in it! But it's mostly just got pictures to help her figure out the words she can't say.
Except she's not a good reader, not like Ben. Ben's nine, so he's a much better reader than Saoirse. All she can read is small sentences, like 'My name is Saoirse' and 'This is my dog Cu' and 'I can't talk'. She can read other bits of words, sometimes, but picking words she knows out of book pages is hard, and leaves her feeling very small and stupid.
Just like the kids at school tell her.
She doesn't like the kids at school.
She's sitting in the library, now, with Cu curled up under her legs where she sits in one of the chairs. Even though the chair is normal sized, Saoirse is sitting at the edge, and Cu is sitting right under her legs, and he looks like a giant, fluffy foot rest. She wiggles her ankles now and then and he makes happy little sounds in his sleep.
She has a book in her lap, a little kid's book. She can read most of the words in it! But it's mostly just got pictures to help her figure out the words she can't say.