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Guess Who?
One
… figure was at once slight and plump, her face small, and nearly as round
as my sister’s, - complexion, something similar to hers, but more delicate
and less decidedly blooming, - nose, retrousse, - features, generally irregular;
- and, altogether, she was rather charming than pretty. But her eyes - I must
not forget those remarkable features, for therein her chief attraction lay –
in outward aspect at least; - that were long and narrow in shape, the irids
black, or very dark brown, the expression various, and ever changing, but always
either preternaturally – I had almost said diabolically – wicked,
or irresistibly bewitching – often both. Her voice was gentle and childish,
her tread light and soft as that of a cat; - but her manners more frequently
resembled those of a pretty, playful kitten, that is now pert and roguish, now
timid and demure, according to its own sweet will.
Guess Who?
two
‘… was thirteen, a year older than Eliot. Her curly hair was a deep
red-brown and her eyes were the same colour. … , a year younger, was pale
and thin-faced. She had grey-green eyes and hair like yellow silk. They were
certainly not a double act now. They had acquired very separate personalities.
… attacked life as though it were trying to defeat her. She was incapable
of being still, her thoughts spilling over in wild exclamations and sudden bursts
of furious energy. … was grave and calm, the quiet victim of her sister’s
moods.
Guess Who?
three
Aren’t they fantastic! No higher than my knee! Look at their funny long
hair. The tiny men – they were no larger than medium-sized dolls. I found
the little ……. living in little tree houses. They had to live in
tree houses to escape from the Whangdoodles and the Hornswogglers and the Snozzwangers.
And they were living on green caterpillars, and the caterpillars tasted revolting,
and the ……….. spent every moment of their days climbing through
the treetops looking for other things to mash up with the caterpillars to make
them taste better - red beetles, for instance and eucalyptus leaves, and the
bark of the bong-bong tree, all of them beastly, but not quite as beastly as
the caterpillars.
Guess Who?
four
He was tall and thin, dressed in an immaculate black suit. From his shoulders,
along, black teacher’s gown hung in heavy folds, like wings, giving him
the appearance of a huge crow. Only his head was startling white. Fair hair,
almost as colourless as snow, lay round a face with paper-white skin and pallid
lips. His eyes were hidden behind dark glasses, like two black holes in the
middle of all the whiteness.
Guess Who?
five
… was one of these very hairy-faced men. The whole of his face except
for his forehead, his eyes and his nose was covered with thick hair. The stuff
even sprouted in revolting tufts out of his nostrils and ear-holes.
… felt that this hairiness made him look terrifically wise and grand.
But in truth he was neither of these things. … was a twit. He was born
a twit. And now at the age of sixty, he was a bigger twit than ever.
The hair on … face didn’t grow smooth and matted as it does on most
hairy-faced men. It grew in spikes that stuck out straight like the bristles
of a nailbrush.
And how often did … wash this bristly nailbrush face of his? The answer
is NEVER, not even on Sundays. He hadn’t washed it for years.
six
…. sprawled over the three chairs outside the staffroom door. He’d
been sent there for being a nuisance in Assembly. He’d only arrived four
minutes earlier, and already he was bored halfway out of his skull. He’d
tried whistling (and been told off for it by Miss Arnott on her way in). He’d
tried tapping tunes with his feet (and been told off for it by Mr Henderson
on his way out). He’d even tried seeing how many different clicking noises
he could make with his tongue (and been told off for it by Mr Spencer as he
walked past).
They’d left him no choice, really. They couldn’t expect him to sit
there all day long doing nothing. When the next teacher came out, he’d
give it a go.
Guess Who?
seven
The first time I laid eyes on … he was drunk in a Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith
outside the terrace of The Dancers. The parking lot attendant had brought the
car out he was still holding the door open because … left foot was still
dangling outside, as if he has forgotten he had one. He had a young-looking
face but his hair was bone white. He looked like any other nice young guy in
a dinner jacket who had been spending too much money.
Answer One
Eliza Millward from ‘The Tenant of Wildfell Hall’ by Anne Bronte.
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Answer Two
Noni and Violet from 'The Rinaldi Ring' by Jenny Nimmo
Answer Three
The Oompa-Loompas from ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ by Roald Dahl
Answer Four
The Demon Headmaster from ‘The Demon Headmaster’ by Gillian Cross.
Answer Five
Mr Twit from ‘The Twits’ by Roald Dahl
Answer Six
Simon Martin from ‘The Flour Babies’ by Anne Fine.
Terry Lennox from ‘The Long Good-Bye’ by Raymond Chandler.