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Chapter Ten GRACE'S STORY It was a time of fire' as Grace called it, when she and Dumi had marched in the streets with thousands of other schoolchildren. They were protesting that their schools taught them only what the white government 5 wanted them to know. On the banner that Dumi and his friends carried, they had written: "BLACKS ARE NOT DUSTBINS." Everything went all right until the police saw the 10 schoolchildren marching, and then the trouble started. The police aimed their guns and began to shoot with real bullets, killing whoever was in the way. BLACKS ARETT NOT DUSTBINS It was terrible. The police shot tear gas too, making 15 everyone's eyes burn. People were screaming, bleeding, falling. More police came in great steel tanks, and more in helicopters, firing from above. A little girl standing near Grace, about eight years old, raised her fist, and next thing she was lying 20 dead. People became fighting mad, throwing stones at the police, burning down schools and government offices. Smoke and flames were everywhere. But the police kept shooting, until hundreds were dead. 25 Hundreds were hurt and hundreds were arrested. Dumi was one of those arrested. When he came out of prison, he said that the police had beaten him up badly, but he would go on fighting even if they killed him. 30 Then one night he disappeared. When his mother went to each police station, asking if he was there, the police said 'No'. But maybe they were lying. Maybe they had killed him too. For a year they had no news. 35 Until one day a letter came. It was from Dumi. There was no address, but it had been posted in Johannesburg. Dumi wrote that he was well and studying in another country. He was giving the letter to a friend to post. He also wrote that he would be coming back one day. 40 Coming back to help fight for FREEDOM and make life better for everyone. He had written FREEDOM in big letters. The family had been so excited that he was alive, so worried about the dangers he faced, yet so proud of his 45 courage. Dumi had been a boy when he left, but now he would be a man. Although it was a long time since they had heard from him, they hadn't given up hope. They were still waiting. When Grace finished talking, the children remained 50 quite silent. Journey to Jo'burg, Beverley Naidoo, Harper Collins Children's Books, pp 59-60
Chapter Ten GRACE'S STORY It was a time of fire' as Grace called it, when she and Dumi had marched in the streets with thousands of other schoolchildren. They were protesting that their schools taught them only what the white government 5 wanted them to know. On the banner that Dumi and his friends carried, they had written: "BLACKS ARE NOT DUSTBINS." Everything went all right until the police saw the 10 schoolchildren marching, and then the trouble started. The police aimed their guns and began to shoot with real bullets, killing whoever was in the way. BLACKS ARETT NOT DUSTBINS It was terrible. The police shot tear gas too, making 15 everyone's eyes burn. People were screaming, bleeding, falling. More police came in great steel tanks, and more in helicopters, firing from above. A little girl standing near Grace, about eight years old, raised her fist, and next thing she was lying 20 dead. People became fighting mad, throwing stones at the police, burning down schools and government offices. Smoke and flames were everywhere. But the police kept shooting, until hundreds were dead. 25 Hundreds were hurt and hundreds were arrested. Dumi was one of those arrested. When he came out of prison, he said that the police had beaten him up badly, but he would go on fighting even if they killed him. 30 Then one night he disappeared. When his mother went to each police station, asking if he was there, the police said 'No'. But maybe they were lying. Maybe they had killed him too. For a year they had no news. 35 Until one day a letter came. It was from Dumi. There was no address, but it had been posted in Johannesburg. Dumi wrote that he was well and studying in another country. He was giving the letter to a friend to post. He also wrote that he would be coming back one day. 40 Coming back to help fight for FREEDOM and make life better for everyone. He had written FREEDOM in big letters. The family had been so excited that he was alive, so worried about the dangers he faced, yet so proud of his 45 courage. Dumi had been a boy when he left, but now he would be a man. Although it was a long time since they had heard from him, they hadn't given up hope. They were still waiting. When Grace finished talking, the children remained 50 quite silent. Journey to Jo'burg, Beverley Naidoo, Harper Collins Children's Books, pp 59-60
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