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| Matilda | wis a wee bittie late stertin |
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| Matilda | pit up her haund. She wis the |
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| Matilda | had fun daein that. It wis br |
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| Matilda | fund the hoose empty as usual |
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| Matilda | said, 'Ah'd gie it a guid was |
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| Matilda | never said a word. She jist s |
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| Matilda | said, quietlike, 'Daddy, ye m |
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| Matilda | could hear in her bedroom on |
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| Matilda | kept her coupon bent ower her |
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| Matilda | and Lavender shook their heid |
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| Matilda | and Lavender were forwunnert. |
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| Matilda | seen a narra clabber path lea |
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| Matilda | nodded but didnae say onythin |
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| Matilda | took the second slice and ste |
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| Matilda | never said a word. She could |
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| Matilda | gawped at her. Whit a nicht c |
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| Matilda | didnae follow the bairns bree |
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| Matilda | wis fascinated. 'D'ye think h |
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| Matilda | sat doon at her desk. 'The Tr |
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| Matilda | looked richt intae the bleezi |
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| Matilda | wis hert-sair fur her mither |
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| Matilda | , sittin motionless at her des |
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| Matilda | 's mither and faither owned no |
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| Matilda | , cooried in her usual chair, |
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| Matilda | said,'Ah'd like a really guid |
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| Matilda | , wha had been listenin closel |
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up tae! And ma answer is naw! | Matilda | bides whaur she is and it's u |
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'Aye, Miss Honey, ah dae," | Matilda | said, chowin her breid and ma |
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she said, tryin wanst again, " | Matilda | is that faur aheid o the rest |
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'But ah'm tellin ye..." | Matilda | bawled, refusin tae sit doon. |
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' | Matilda | !' she bowffed. "Staund up!' |
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' | Matilda | !' she roared. 'It wis you! Ah |
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'Ah ken it's a bogle!' | Matilda | said. 'Ah've heard it here af |
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'Miss Trunchbull!' | Matilda | skraiched, lowpin aboot a fit |
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innae want tae gang wi them!' | Matilda | yelloched, suddenly. 'Ah'm no |
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'Come on!' | Matilda | gollered and she burg intae t |
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'That's jist pure braw!' | Matilda | yelloched. 'So suddenly ye hu |
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ked yer gear and walked awa,' | Matilda | said. |
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er got stuck inside his neb,' | Matilda | said, 'and he had tae go aboo |
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'Ah'm gled it's happened,' | Matilda | said. 'Ah dinnae want tae gan |
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hings ah dinnae unnerstaund,' | Matilda | said tae her. 'Maistly aboot |
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'But we're no at the table,' | Matilda | said. 'We never are. We're ay |
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wis a lot quicker this time,' | Matilda | said quietlike. |
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ah dinnae think she's gyte,' | Matilda | said. 'But she's verra unchan |
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'Ah think so, aye,' | Matilda | said. |
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'Ah've read them,' | Matilda | said. |
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liked a guid puckle o them,' | Matilda | said, 'but ah a thocht ithers |
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'Sure ye can,' | Matilda | said. |
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'Ah dinnae ken,' | Matilda | said, 'but ah think ah mibbe |
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'Ah ken,' | Matilda | said. Ah've aften tried but m |
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in it jist afore we came in,' | Matilda | said. "She cried ye Jenny.' |
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'It made me feel amazin,' | Matilda | said. 'For a minute or twa ah |
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'Naw she'll no,' | Matilda | said, smilin. 'She never does |
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'It's like a war,' | Matilda | said, in awe. |
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'Jings,' | Matilda | said, sittin up and lookin ro |
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'The first thing is this,' | Matilda | said. 'Whit did Miss Trunchbu |
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cht keen on Charles Dickens,' | Matilda | said. 'He maks me lauch a lot |
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'He's gleg at his business,' | Matilda | said. |
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'Ye shouldnae hae done that,' | Matilda | said. 'Yer wages wis yer chan |
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'Ah never kent that,' | Matilda | said. 'Could ah dae it?' |
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'Ah've read it,' | Matilda | said, quietlike. |
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Ah think he's gonnae dae it,' | Matilda | whispered. |
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'And last,' | Matilda | said, 'whit did yer mammy and |
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"Twa hunner and sixty-six,' | Matilda | said. |
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'Look at yer answer, Daddy,' | Matilda | said, safilike. 'If ye've don |
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'A cuddy,' | Matilda | said. "That's dead slow, it's |
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'Mammy,' | Matilda | said, "Wid ye mind if ah et m |
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'In a book fae the library,' | Matilda | said. 'And that means it goes |
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'But Daddy . . .' | Matilda | sterted. |
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ever moved!' they skraiched. ' | Matilda | never moved. Naebody moved! Y |
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ye everythin yet,' she said. ' | Matilda | , as faur as ah can mak oot, i |
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on, but dinnae fa in yersel.' | Matilda | , mair raivelt than ever, took |
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is,' she said tae the class. ' | Matilda | is an unco lucky wee lassie. |
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'How did yer faither dee?' | Matilda | speired. |
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ae ye really bide doon here?' | Matilda | speired. |
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e the bairns' books, please?' | Matilda | speired. |
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re it starts brattlin again?' | Matilda | asked him. |
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'Like whit?' | Matilda | speired. |
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'How's it gawpit?' | Matilda | speired. |
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ers no say onythin aboot it?' | Matilda | speired. |
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the Chowker fur a hale day?' | Matilda | speired, gollopin. |
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ld ye no hae tellt somebody?' | Matilda | said. |
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ngs noo and then, eh, Mammy?' | Matilda | said. |
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'Can ye no gie it a try?' | Matilda | said. 'Can ye no get a guid l |
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said. 'How much can ye read, | Matilda | ?' |
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They aw jimped, | Matilda | and aw, as she wis no a bad a |
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By the time she wis three, | Matilda | had taucht hersel tae read by |
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wfin second-haund car garage, | Matilda | jinked intae the lobby press |
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Margarine, | Matilda | thocht. She must be puir. |
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and say, 'It's ten tae five, | Matilda | .' |
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at the ither side o the room, | Matilda | said. "How in the name o the |
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tchfu and compasssionate een, | Matilda | read the followin books: |
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"Ye made whit happen, | Matilda | ?' |
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ere still there. Fae then on, | Matilda | gaed tae see Miss Honey in Th |
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need tae ca canny fae noo on, | Matilda | .' |
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fur anither session o bingo, | Matilda | set aff fur Fred's hoose tae |
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Wan nicht a few weeks later, | Matilda | wis haein her tea wi Miss Hon |
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st the stars on siller wings, | Matilda | said. 'It wis wunnerfu.' |
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'Which wans, | Matilda | > How faur huv ye got tae?' |
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At breakfast, | Matilda | said tae him, 'Ye'll need tae |
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ersels,' Hortensia whispered. | Matilda | and Lavender keeked roond tae |
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So did ah!' the brither said. | Matilda | jimped up and turnt aff the t |
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s exactly like a human voice. | Matilda | said, "Thon's amazin! Whit el |
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yett and walked up the path. | Matilda | hovered. She wis a bittie fea |
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jist come back fae his work. | Matilda | and her brither were sittin d |
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tramped intae the livin-room. | Matilda | wis cooried in an armchair in |
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s sterted filin oot the room. | Matilda | wis aboot tae gang wi them bu |
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em intae the waste-paper bin. | Matilda | stood frozent in dreid. The f |
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an whase birse wis gettin up. | Matilda | wis gettin fashed too. She di |
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The wee room became quiet. | Matilda | noticed that the haunds haudi |
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'Fur ever? | Matilda | wheepit. "Daddy said we're ne |
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'Cowp it? | Matilda | whispered. 'Mak it fa ower!'' |
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m tellin ye ah didnae dae tt? | Matilda | skraiched. 'Ah've never even |
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d Michael and a dochter cried | Matilda | , and the parents looked on Ma |
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wee lassie in ma class cried | Matilda | Wormwidd .. ." Miss Honey ste |
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kempie and gallus. She liked | Matilda | fur jist the same reasons. |
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'Naw,' said | Matilda | . 'It's braw. How d'ye get ene |
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her side o the playgrund, and | Matilda | , astonisht at the hale peerie |
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ether and oot on the road and | Matilda | wis in front, haulin Miss Hon |
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n, pet,' Miss Honey cried and | Matilda | followed her up the path. |
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a wee laddie cried Nigel and | Matilda | . |
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ud been listenin bumbazed tae | Matilda | 's gleg recitin, and noo she s |
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awa wi it?' Lavender said tae | Matilda | . 'Ye'd think some weans wid g |
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her be the noo and return tae | Matilda | and her first day in Miss Hon |
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the schuul. She looked up tae | Matilda | too. Matilda hud sworn her ta |
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she hudnae opened, turnt tae | Matilda | and said, 'A poet cried Dylan |
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This wis the first time | Matilda | had ever seen a laddie, or on |
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wi | Matilda | concentstin haurd, wan end o |
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nd hae a wee secret confab wi | Matilda | 's mither and faither as soon |
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t. She wis desperate tae tell | Matilda | aboot her plan. Actually she |
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ruptin ye like this, but ah'm | Matilda | 's teacher at the schuil and a |
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names were Elsie, Lhacie, an | Matilda | ; an they bade at th fit o a w |
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There wis nae doubt in | Matilda | 's mind that this lates displa |
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Near every weekday efternoon | Matilda | wis left alane in the hoose. |
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the middle o the first week o | Matilda | 's first term, Miss Honey said |
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n wis that low that wi a jimp | Matilda | could near tig it wi her fing |
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e clachan tae the hoose whaur | Matilda | 's folk lived. The muckle blac |
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As fur | Matilda | , she stayed sittin still at h |
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crive some o the byous things | Matilda | had done wi arithmetic. |
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e help her. And noo, here wis | Matilda | sittin in the classroom wi a |
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lifted her heid and looked at | Matilda | . She seen the wean, |
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eel, ah came tae tell ye that | Matilda | hus a richt trig mind. But na |
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the room had a quick keek at | Matilda | . 'The bairn wis sittin dead s |
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her, then at the son, then at | Matilda | . 'How could it huv happened?' |
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He turnt and looked again at | Matilda | , wha looked back at him wi bi |
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Miss Honey met | Matilda | ootside the schuil yetts and |
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and the like. Then she brocht | Matilda | intae her room. |
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The braw thing aboot | Matilda | wis that if ye'd jist bumped |
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're completely mistaken aboot | Matilda | pittin a stink-bomb unner yer |
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she hus tae talk tae us aboot | Matilda | .' He crossed tae the T'V set |
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Aw at wanst | Matilda | could see the hale thing as c |
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ar-aulds cannae dae that. But | Matilda | can dae it aw. And if ah beli |
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'Ah'd luve tae huv | Matilda | ,' Miss Honey said. 'Ah'd look |