In the morning Corvina calls the roll in the hall and four children answer to nine names.

The oldest boy is repeating his seventh year for the third time and has stopped pretending it is not happening.

A girl of fifteen cannot light a candle and has been told she is lazy for two years.

MioneNine on the roll and four in the room. I can write that down or I can write nothing and count the desks.

She counts the desks. Four of them are worn and five are new.