Leslie took a deep breath. “This is not an ordinary place,” she whispered.
“Even the rulers of Terabithia come into it only at times of greatest sorrow or of greatest joy.
We must strive to keep it sacred. It would not do to disturb the Spirits.”
He nodded, and without speaking, they went back to the creek bank where they shared together a solemn meal of crackers and dried fruit.
FIVE The Giant Killers
Leslie liked to make up stories about the giants that threatened the peace of Terabithia,
but they both knew that the real giant in their lives was Janice Avery.
Of course, it wasn't only Jess and Leslie that she was after.
She had two friends, Wilma Dean and Bobby Sue Henshaw, who were almost as big as she was,
and the three of them would roam the playground, grabbing up hopscotch rocks, running through jump ropes, and laughing while second graders screamed.
They would even stand outside the girls' room first thing every morning
and make the little girls give them their milk money before they'd let them go to the bathroom.
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