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Someone behind Alanna grabbed her. She spun. A tall, gangling boy of nearly fourteen looked her over, a sneer on his thick mouth. He had cold blue eyes and sandy-blond hair that flopped over his forehead.
"I wonder what this is." His crooked teeth made him spit his s's. Alanna wiped a drop of saliva from her cheek. "Probably some back-country boy who THINKS he's a noble."
"Leave him alone, Ralon," someone protested. "He didn't say anything to you."
"He doesn't have to," Ralon snapped. "I bet he's some farmer's son trying to pass for one of us."
Alanna blushed a dull red. "I was told pages were SUPPOSED to learn manners," she murmured. "Whoever told me that must've been mistaken."
The boy grabbed her collar, lifting her off her feet. "You'll do what you're told," he hissed, "till you earn the right to call yourself a page. If I say you're the goatherd's son, YOU say, 'Yes, Lord Ralon.'"
Alanna gasped with fury. "I'd as soon kiss a pig! Is that what YOU'VE been doing--kissing pigs? Or BEING kissed?"
Ralon threw her against the wall, hard.
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From Alanna: The First Adventure, written by Tamora Pierce.

10yr old Alanna makes her first enemy as she, dressed as a boy, starts her training as a page. (To become a knight)
Hehe another Alanna Illustration.

Description
Someone behind Alanna grabbed her. She spun. A tall, gangling boy of nearly fourteen looked her over, a sneer on his thick mouth. He had cold blue eyes and sandy-blond hair that flopped over his forehead.
"I wonder what this is." His crooked teeth made him spit his s's. Alanna wiped a drop of saliva from her cheek. "Probably some back-country boy who THINKS he's a noble."
"Leave him alone, Ralon," someone protested. "He didn't say anything to you."
"He doesn't have to," Ralon snapped. "I bet he's some farmer's son trying to pass for one of us."
Alanna blushed a dull red. "I was told pages were SUPPOSED to learn manners," she murmured. "Whoever told me that must've been mistaken."
The boy grabbed her collar, lifting her off her feet. "You'll do what you're told," he hissed, "till you earn the right to call yourself a page. If I say you're the goatherd's son, YOU say, 'Yes, Lord Ralon.'"
Alanna gasped with fury. "I'd as soon kiss a pig! Is that what YOU'VE been doing--kissing pigs? Or BEING kissed?"
Ralon threw her against the wall, hard.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From Alanna: The First Adventure, written by Tamora Pierce.

10yr old Alanna makes her first enemy as she, dressed as a boy, starts her training as a page. (To become a knight)
Hehe another Alanna Illustration.