She is Louise - стр. 9
When the four "brave men" began to move away from the border and were almost out of sight, Niels decided to make a quick run home and come back here on the way back. But then his attention was suddenly attracted by a small, lonely figure approaching the border. It was coming from that world, the world of meadows, steppes and sparse forests.
The boy saw a girl, a little younger than he was. She wore a gray dress with a white apron, and her blond hair swayed merrily in the wind. Louise saw Niels too, so she slowed down a little and looked closer. The young man also kept his eyes on the little girl from the forest. Who is she? Why is she here alone? Does she really live there on the other side of the border?
Completely unexpectedly, two things happened at once. First, hot tears sprang from Louise's eyes, burning her face unpleasantly. Second, a boy was speaking to Louise.
– Hey, what are you doing? So beautiful, and you're crying? " Niels asked. He sincerely did not understand what happened. Did he really scare the poor girl? Niels, of course, was lonely. No one ever sat next to him on the bus, and the girls secretly laughed. It was like he was a stranger.
– No, uh. no, no, no. I just…" Louise cried, hating herself for it. So much for the first meeting! How do people live, other people? …
– I'm sorry. Can I help? " Niels said quietly. He couldn't hurt a child!
– I saw… a girl and a boy. They were walking together.
– There were two of them?
– N… no. There were four. Three girls and a boy. It made me feel so, uh… Lonely.
– I understand you. I'm not loved too.
– No, no. I'm loved at home. I don't know anyone else. Even at Forest School, I'm…
– What's your name? " the boy asked.
– L-Louise. And you? " she said, wiping away her tears, which, however, had already begun to recede on their own.
– I'm Niels. Where do you live?
– We… W-we hardly know each other, I'm sorry…" said the girl, but then she asked:
– I'm looking for a mailbox. Can you tell me where it is?
– I'm only sixteen, Louise. You don't have to refer to me as an adult.
– I've just, uh. I've never talked to a boy.
– Not once in your life? " Niels was surprised.
– N-not once.
– So how…
– I'm sorry," Louise whispered, and ran away as if from a fire. The tears were glistening in her eyes again. A second, and only the girl's skirt was visible in the distance. She was making her way toward the cottage village.
"Gee!" Niels stood there as if struck by thunder. Who was this girl? And such an unusual name – Louise… Who is she? Apparently, she had met Roxy and the others and was upset about it. What's going on in her soul? …