There’s been a terrible disaster!’Olivia looked up from the school books she was marking to where Helma, the young teaching assistant, stood in the doorway. She was only mildly alarmed by the girl’s agitated words. Helma had a wild sense of drama and ‘a terrible disaster’ might mean no more than the school cat making off with someone’s lunch.‘It’s Yen Dong!’ Helma wailed.Ten-year-old Dong was the brightest pupil in Olivia’s class at the Chang-Ming School in Beijing. He was also the most mischievous, using his impish charm to evade retribution for his many escapades.‘What’s he done now?’ Olivia asked. ‘Set a booby trap for the headmistress?’‘He’s climbed a tree.’‘Again? Then he can just come down. It’s almost time for afternoon lessons.’‘But he’s ever so high and I don’t think he can get down.’Olivia hurried out into the garden that formed the school’s playground and looked up. Sure enough, there was the little rascal, high on the tallest tree, looking cheerful even while hanging on for dear life.‘Can you climb down?’ Olivia called.He ventured a step, but his foot slid on the next branch and he backed off hastily.‘All right, not to worry,’ Olivia said, trying to sound more confident than she felt.
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