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#1: The Austrians Conversation! Author: RuthY, Location: Anyone's guess

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 11:08 am

This is my first attempt at writing anything!
Hope you like it!
Thanks to LizB for helping me and beta reading!
Here it is!

Six girls set out walking around the Tiernsee. They were heading for the new school that was to open that day.

“Well,” asked Gisela, “What do you think of this?” She looked round the little group, waiting to hear someone else’s opinion.
“I,” said quiet Bernhilda, “think it is a good idea for I did not like the school that Frieda and I attended in Innsbruck. I think it will be enjoyable! You agree, do you not Frieda?” The group who had turned to look at Bernhilda as she spoke now looked to her even quieter younger sister Frieda who replied simply, “Yes, I do”
“Well I think it is an opportunity to learn to speak other languages well,” said pretty Bettte.
“Me, I think it will be fun!” chimed in 9 year old Maria.
“And now Mamsell is wedded, it is all for the best.” added Bette.
“I agree also,” Gisela contributed, “we would have had to do something different about lessons. Yes, this school is a good thing. Papa says that English schools, although deficient in education give one a healthy lifestyle.”
“And Gertrud, what do you think?” Bette asked her friend.
“Myself I am more worried that they will not wish to have me as I have not yet been enrolled at the school,” replied Gertrud.
“Yes I too worry that they will not accept Maria as she is younger than the intended age.” said Gisela looking rather anxious.
“I should not worry, I’m sure they shall be glad for both Gertrud and Maria to attend,” said Bernhilda.
“Yes,” Bette added, “Many of our friends and cousins are already interested in the school; I should not be surprised if some of them joined before long. Especially if we enjoy it and tell them about it”

The girls continued walking in more or less companionable silence, until Bette said, “I wonder what the other girls will be like?”
“Oh Papa says that there are only three others besides ourselves. Two English and one French,” replied Gisela.
“Gisela do you know their ages?” queried Gertrud, “I hope we shall make friends with them soon!”
“Oh,” said Gisela easily, “The English are 14 and 12 and the French girl is 12 also.”
“That is nice,” observed Bernhilda, “That means that two are just the age to be friends with Frieda and one is about the age of Gertrud and Bette.”
“Gisela you seem to know quite a bit about the school, what else can you tell us?” Gertrud was intent on learning as much as she could about the school before she arrived there.
“Well,” Gisela replied “It is to be run by an English woman named Fraulein Bettany, she has a partner Mademoiselle La Pattre and Marie Pfeiffen is to work as the cook. Oh and Papa says that, as it is an English school, we must call Fraulein Bettany Mees Bettany instead.”
“I knew some of that but how did you know so much?” asked Bette.
“Papa told me most of it last night as he though that I should like to know as much as possible,” replied Gisela

“What do you think the school will be like?” asked Bernhilda.
“I also think it will be fun and very beneficial for our languages,” was Bette’s contribution.
“Like Bette I think it will help my English greatly and I am glad to learn that there will be someone else near my age there,” said Gertrud
“I hope I shall enjoy and that it shall not be too scary,” was characteristically like Frieda, who hated loud noises and crowds and consequently had disliked her previous school in Innsbruck.
“I’m sure it shan’t be like that,” Bette was quick to reassure her “there will only be nine pupils and two mistresses to begin with.”
“Yes,” Bernhilda put a comforting arm around her sister, “It will not be that frightening really.”
“I think it will be good for my languages,” said Gisela returning to the original topic of conversation, “But I do wonder how like the English school stories it will be.”

At this point the discussion ended as Maria, who had got a little in front of her elders came running back to announce that she could see the chalet building and some people were waiting to meet them.

A few minutes later saw them at the chalet school and someone was greeting them in English.

“Hello!” said Joey holding out her hand in welcome, “I’m Jo Bettany, and I know you’re coming to the Chalet School.”

#2: Author: Lesley, Location: Allhallows, Kent

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 11:34 am

Excellent seeing the beginning from a different POV.

Thanks Ruth.

#3: Author: Mia, Location: London

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 1:05 pm

Ruth, this is great, I'm glad you decided to post it! Very Happy

#4: Author: Chair, Location: Kent, England

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 1:44 pm

Thanks, Ruth! I have really enjoyed the first installment of the story and look forward to reading more. Well done for writing such a great first installment!

#5: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 1:48 pm

There will be more of this, I hope, it's good to see another POV.

#6: Author: Dawn, Location: Leeds, West Yorks

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 2:04 pm

That was great Ruth - thankyou

#7: Author: Amanda M, Location: Wakefield

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 6:29 pm

I really enjoyed reading this from the Austrians' POV. Thanks Ruth - that was wonderful.

Star Wars

#8: Author: Alice, Location: London, England

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 7:00 pm

This is very good Ruth, it fits in so well with School at. Thank you.

#9: Author: nikkie, Location: Cumbria

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 7:35 pm

Thanks Ruth always nice to see another side of the story

#10: Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 8:10 pm

Good to see this posted Smile

Thanks Ruth

Liz

#11: Author: aitchemelle, Location: West Sussex

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 8:30 pm

Thank you for that, it was fabbity! Lovely to see other POVs! Very Happy

#12: Author: Sophoife, Location: down under Down Under

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 9:24 pm

I like that! Thank you Ruth! EBD should've written that one! She wrote enough about new girls' opinions Smile

#13: Author: Kim, Location: Tipperary, Ireland

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 10:19 pm

Thanks for this Ruth and congrats on your first drabble

#14: Author: patmac, Location: Yorkshire England

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 10:25 pm

Yay, Ruth. We've never seen the Austrian girls' view before!

That was very much in character and I'm sure they must have had just that conversation.

#15: Author: dackel, Location: Wolfenbuettel, Germany/Cambridge, England

Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 2:47 pm

Thanks, Ruth, that was great - shows us that the Austrian girls were a bit worried about fitting in despite the fact that they by far outnumbered the English girls!

#16: Author: Cath, Location: Cornwall

Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:08 pm

Excellent for your first attempt at writing, Ruth! I agree, it's lovely to see this from the other girls' points of views.

#17: Author: Josie, Location: London

Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:44 pm

Thanks, Ruth, that was lovely! Very Happy

Have never thought of it from their point of view before.

#18: Author: JustJen, Location: waiting for a bus

Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 4:22 pm

Hey Ruth
thanks for posting this fic. It was nice to what theother grils thought of the Chalet school

#19: Author: Chair, Location: Kent, England

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:01 pm

I feel really stupid now. I've just realised in the index it says that the story is complete and I said I was looking forward to more. Embarassed

#20: Author: Lucy, Location: Leeds

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:56 pm

Thanks for this Ruth Very Happy

I could really picture the girls walking towards the Chalet wondering what it would be like, I'd never really thought of how nervous they must have been before now.

#21: Author: Robin, Location: London

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:53 pm

How lovely to see their point of view. and well-written too!

Thanks Ruth

#22: Author: Nell, Location: London, England

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:24 am

Thank you Ruth. I liked this, it was interesting to see things from the other side. I also hadn't thought about how nervous they would be going to a strange school.

#23: Author: Róisín, Location: Dublin

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 12:20 pm

Brilliant, Ruth, you really got under EBD's skin there as you wrote it. Very authentic and interesting.

#24: Author: RuthY, Location: Anyone's guess

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 9:47 pm

Thanks for all you're lovely comments Exclamation

Ruth

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