Growing Up

Melanie skipped down the corridor clutching her book and diary as she had been chosen to read to Stella, the volunteer schoolreader. She had mastered the phonics and her teacher had changed her book.

She loved the silver haired Stella who was warm and cheerful. Melanie pressed on but was stuck on a word she could not build. Stella suggested that she missed the word, read the rest of the sentence and go back to it. Melanie was shocked to find she could read the impossible word. When she skipped back to her class she felt like a proper reader.