The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 146 Hillcrest Normal

On that first day of school I cried and cried my eyes out

Just turned five and bloody hopeless

There were four Davids in the class – Powell, Marsh, Scarrow and Stewart and they all wept too

I managed to calm down and entered the strange new world of school

We had a red-flamed headmistress who had an office down the hall near the sick bay

Her name was Mrs Rox…