Читать книгу The Ice Monster - David Walliams, Quentin Blake, Tony Ross - Страница 11

Elsie ran and ran and ran, as fast as she possibly could. She didn’t dare look back. She was free but alone, and now she had to fend for herself on the streets of London, even though she’d never been outside the orphanage before. The big city was a scary place, especially for a little girl. lurked in every corner.

Soon enough, though, Elsie taught herself how to steal food from the market stalls. As for a bed, she found an old tin bath to sleep in, and used old newspapers as sheets. In her mind, Elsie pretended that it was a grand four-poster bed fit for a queen.

With no home or family, Elsie was what was known as an “urchin”. Victorian London was teeming with them.

Elsie didn’t look much like a hero.

However, as you will soon discover, heroes come in all and .