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CHAPTER FOUR

Julie Makes an Enemy

Paul and Julie arrive at Holly How the following week. It is a beautiful but quiet youth hostel. There are lots of trees.

The lake is very big. Julie thinks, “This looks like the picture in the magazine! My holiday is going to be fun!” She sees other young people about her age.

They are talking and laughing. There are three youth hostel organizers. They take Paul and Julie to their rooms.

“Julie, Anna, Tessa, and Maggie, you are in Room 13,” says David. He is a tall, handsome 19 year-old. He is reading from a list of names. “Paul, you’re in Room 9.”

“Oh, no, Room 13” thinks Julie to herself. “What had luck!”

Julie looks at her roommates. There are two dark girls with big backpacks. There is another small, thin girl with long blonde hair. She is carrying a large backpack and one small bag.

They all go to Room 13. There are four beds in the room and cupboards for the girls’ things. There is a table and four chairs. From the window you can see the blue lake and the forest on the hills near it.

“It’s beautiful here,” thinks Julie, “I can paint some lovely pictures!”

Tessa and Maggie, the two dark girls, quickly take two bunks together. Anna throws her backpack on the other bottom bunk.

The only bunk left now is the top bunk. There are a lot of spider webs over the bunk.

Julie looks upset. She thinks for a moment, then says, “David, can I have the bottom bunk please? I don’t like spiders.”

David brushes the spider webs away with a broom. Julie is embarrassed. She isn’t really afraid of spiders, she is afraid of heights.

“I’m sorry, David,” says Julie quietly, “but I’m afraid of heights too. Please, can I have the bottom bunk?”

“Anna, Julie is afraid of heights,” says David.

“Can you please take the top bunk?”

“But I have my things on the bottom bunk already,” replies Anna. She gives Julie an angry look.

“Listen, Anna, Julie is afraid of heights. Tessa and Maggie are friends and don’t want to change. Come on, be kind! Give Julie your hunk.” David smiles at her. No one speaks. Everyone is looking at Anna.

“Okay,” she says finally. She pulls her backpack off the bed and puts it on the top bunk.

“Thanks, Anna, for taking the top bunk. You’re very kind,” Julie says, trying to make friends with Anna. But Anna doesn’t reply.

“What a stupid thing to tell them, that I’m afraid of heights” thinks Julie to herself. “This is not a good start. How can I make friends when my roommates all think I’m a scaredy cat?”