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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