"Blyton, Enid - Naughtiest Girl 01 - The Naughtiest Girl in the School" - читать интересную книгу автора (Blyton Enid)

Now you'll have to go, Elizabeth. That's the supper- bell." "Well, I'll see you to-morrow," said Elizabeth.
"What fun we'll have! Oh, I am glad I'm not going home with my mother to-morrow. I wonder what she'll say when she hears that I want to stay on. Every letter I've written to her I've told her that I want to leave!" Mrs. Allen was very much astonished when she saw Elizabeth the next day. The little girl looked so bright and happy-her mouth was no longer sulky, and there was no sign of a frown at all! Elizabeth flung herself into her mother's arms and hugged her.
"It's lovely to see you, Mummy," she said. "Do come and see everything-the playroom, and my classroom, and our bedroom-it's number 6-and the garden- and everything!" Her mother followed Elizabeth round, marvelling at the change in her little girl. Could this really be Elizabeth-this good-mannered, polite, happy child? Every one seemed to like her. She had lots of friends, especially the gentle Joan, who seemed to be Elizabeth's special friend.
"Well, Elizabeth, you're quite a different child!" said her mother at last. "Oh, look-there is Miss Best.
I must just have a word with her." "Good morning, Miss Best," said Mrs. Allen.
"Elizabeth has just been showing me round-and really, she does seem so happy and jolly. What a change you have made in her! I feel quite proud of her!" "She has made a change in herself," said Miss Best, smiling her lovely smile. "You know, Mrs. Allen-she was the naughtiest girl in the school-yes, she really was! It was difficult to know what to do with her- but she knew what to do with herself. One of these days she will be the best girl in the school, and how proud you will be of her then!" "Then you want to stay on, Elizabeth?" said her mother in astonishment. "Well, I am glad! What a surprise!" Mrs. Townsend arrived to see Joan at that minute, and Elizabeth ran to see if Joan was ready. She had been kept in bed to breakfast, but was to get up afterwards and allowed to go in her mother's car. She was tremendously excited.
"It's the first time I've ever had a half-term treat like this!" she chattered excitedly, as Elizabeth helped her to dress quickly. "And it's all because of you, Elizabeth!" "Oh, rubbish!" said Elizabeth. "Hurry up, Joan, What a time you take with your stockings. We're going to have lunch at a hotel-fancy that! I hope there will be strawberry ice-creams, don't you?" Joan was ready at last, and the two girls went to find their mothers, who had already made friends, Then they settled down in Mrs. Townsend's car, for she said she would drive them all.
"Now we're off for our treat!" said Elizabeth happily, as the car sped through the archway. She looked back at the beautiful building.
"Good-bye for a little while!" she said. "I'm coming back to you, and I'm glad it's not good-bye for ever!" We must say good-bye too, though maybe we will see Elizabeth again, and follow her exciting adventures at Whyteleafe School. Good-bye, Elizabeth--naughtiest girl in the school!