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37 “Hundreds,” said Shmuel.
38 Bruno’s eyes opened wide. “Hundreds?” he said, amazed. “That’s not fair at all.
There’s no one to play with on this side of the fence. Not a single person.”
39 “We don’t play,” said Shmuel.
40 “Don’t play? Why ever not?”
41 “What would we play?” he asked, his face looking confused at the idea of it.
42 “Well, I don’t know,” said Bruno. “All sorts of things. Football, for example. Or
exploration. What’s the exploration like over there anyway? Any good?”
43 Shmuel shook his head and didn’t answer. He looked back towards the huts and turned back to Bruno then. He didn’t want to ask the next question but the pains in his stomach made him.
44 “You don’t have any food on you, do you?” he asked.
45 “Afraid not,” said Bruno. “I meant to bring some chocolate but I forgot.”
46 “Chocolate,” said Shmuel very slowly, his tongue moving out from behind his teeth.
“I’ve only ever had chocolate once.”
47 “Only once? I love chocolate. I can’t get enough of it although Mother says it’ll rot my teeth.”
48 “You don’t have any bread, do you?”
49 Bruno shook his head. “Nothing at all,” he said. “Dinner isn’t served until half past
six. What time do you have yours?”
50 Shmuel shrugged his shoulders and pulled himself to his feet. “I think I’d better get back,” he said.
51 “Perhaps you can come to dinner with us one evening,” said Bruno, although he wasn’t sure it was a very good idea.
52 “Perhaps,” said Shmuel, although he didn’t sound convinced.
53 “Or I could come to you,” said Bruno. “Perhaps I could come and meet your
friends,” he added hopefully. He had hoped that Shmuel would suggest this himself but there didn’t seem to be any sign of that.
54 “You’re on the wrong side of the fence though,” said Shmuel.
55 “I could crawl under,” said Bruno, reaching down and lifting the wire off the
ground. In the centre, between two wooden telegraph poles, it lifted quite easily and a boy as small as Bruno could easily fit through.
56 Shmuelwatchedhimdothisandbackedawaynervously.“Ihavetogetback,”hesaid.
57 “Some other afternoon then,” said Bruno.
58 “I’m not supposed to be here. If they catch me I’ll be in trouble.”
59 He turned and walked away and Bruno noticed again how small and skinny this
new friend was. He didn’t say anything about this because he knew only too well how unpleasant it was being criticized for something as silly as your height, and the last thing he wanted to do was be unkind to Shmuel.
60 “I’llcomebacktomorrow,”shoutedBrunotothedepartingboyandShmuelsaid nothing in reply; in fact he started to run off back to the camp, leaving Bruno all on his own.
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