THEY CAME early, ringing at the bell, knocking at the door, and shouting. Elinor s room was at the back of the house. The noise disturbed her dreams, and she pulled her quilt over her head. Unlike her sister Judy, she was bad at waking up. It took her a long time to clear her mind of sleep. The sound of Bambi crying finally roused her. He had a loud voice. Her young stepmother, Sophia, claimed he d be a famous opera singer one day. Maybe. If he lived that long. Why didn t Sophia get up and feed him, the lazy pig? Elinor got out of bed, put on her dressing gown, and opened the door of her room. Something was wrong! The light was on in the hall below, and she could hear Sophia s voice raised in an angry wail, the words so mud: tied .with tears that it was impossible to tell whether she Was Spe~ in English or Italian. Then a man said some- thing Elinor could not hear. She ran to the banister and loo~edid~w~ into thelhall. w~te woolen gown, ...~l\"t ~ ~ \":~\"~ :~ g~ ~d jiggling him up and down
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