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He was above all that sort of thing. By the way, the questions were all written in the past tense. What was the colour of Mother's eyes, and so on. Wendy, you see, had been forgetting too. HE WAS ABOVE ALL THAT SORT OF THING BY THE WAY THE QUESTIONS WERE ALL WRITTEN IN THE PAST TENSE WHAT WAS THE COLOR OF MOTHER'S EYES AND SO ON WENDY YOU SEE HAD BEEN FORGETTING TOO
's eyes? Which was taller, Father or Mother? Was Mother blonde or brunette? Answer all three questions if possible.' '(A) Write an essay of not less than 40 words on How I spent my last Holidays, or The Caracters of Father and Mother compared. Only one of these to be attempted.' Or '(1) Describe Mother's laugh; (2) Describe Father's laugh; (3) Describe Mother's Party Dress; (4) Describe the Kennel and its Inmate.' They were just everyday questions like these, and when you could not answer them you were told to make a cross; and it was really dreadful what a number of crosses even John made. Of course the only boy who replied to every question was Slightly, and no one could have been more hopeful of coming out first, but his answers were perfectly ridiculous, and he really came out last: a melancholy thing. Peter did not compete. For one thing he despised all mothers except Wendy, and for another he was the only boy on the island who could neither write nor spell; not the smallest word.  WAS THE COLOR OF MOTHER'S EYES WHICH WAS TALLER FATHER OR MOTHER WAS MOTHER BLONDE OR BRUNETTE ANSWER ALL THREE QUESTIONS IF POSSIBLE A WRITE AN ESSAY OF NOT LESS THAN FORTY WORDS ON HOW I SPENT MY LAST HOLIDAYS OR THE CHARACTERS OF FATHER AND MOTHER COMPARED ONLY ONE OF THESE TO BE ATTEMPTED OR ONE DESCRIBE MOTHER'S LOVE TWO DESCRIBE FATHER'S LOVE THREE DESCRIBE MOTHER'S PARTY DRESS FOUR DESCRIBE THE KENNEL AND ITS INMATE THEY WERE JUST EVERY DAY QUESTIONS LIKE THESE AND WHEN YOU COULD NOT ANSWER THEM YOU WERE TAUGHT TO MAKE A CROSS AND IT WAS REALLY DREADFUL WHAT A NUMBER OF CROSSES EVEN JOHN MADE OF COURSE THE ONLY BOY WHO REPLIED TO EVERY QUESTION WAS SLIGHTLY AND NO ONE COULD HAVE BEEN MORE HOPEFUL OF COMING AT FIRST BUT HIS ANSWERS WERE PERFECTLY RIDICULOUS AND HE REALLY CAME OUT LAST A MELANCHOLY THING PETER DID NOT COMPETE FOR ONE THING HE DESPISED ALL MOTHERS EXCEPT WENDY AND FOR ANOTHER HE WAS THE ONLY BOY IN THE ISLAND WHO COULD NEITHER WRITE NOR SPELL NOT THE SMALLEST WORD
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