And very soon after that, Matilda was moved up into the top form
where Miss Plimsoll quickly discovered that this amazing child was every bit as bright as Miss Honey had said.
One evening a few weeks later, Matilda was having tea with Miss Honey in the kitchen of The Red House after school as they always did,
when Matilda said suddenly, “Something strange has happened to me, Miss Honey.” “Tell me about it,” Miss Honey said.
“This morning,” Matilda said, “just for fun I tried to push something over with my eyes and I couldn't do it. Nothing moved.
“I didn't even feel the hotness building up behind my eyeballs. The power had gone. I think I've lost it completely.”
Miss Honey carefully buttered a slice of brown bread and put a little strawberry jam on it.
“I've been expecting something like that to happen,” she said.
“You have? Why?” Matilda asked. “Well,” Miss Honey said, “it's only a guess, but here's what I think.
“While you were in my class you had nothing to do, nothing to make you struggle. Your fairly enormous brain was going crazy with frustration.
“It was bubbling and boiling away like mad inside your head. There was tremendous energy bottled up in there with nowhere to go,
“and somehow or other you were able to shoot that energy out through your eyes and make objects move.
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