The Legacy

so beautiful y drawn.
    The picture was very important, Dad had told her – it represented Renewal, which meant new replacing old. Like the green leaves that come through in the spring, he’d said, and the old ones fal ing to the ground. Mol y had nodded sagely when he’d told her, but secretly she’d thought he was wrong. It didn’t represent Renewal – it represented something else, something she didn’t understand yet but would figure out one day, she was sure. Because what her father didn’t seem to have noticed was that the picture was made out of let ers and symbols, like the ones she’d learnt about in science. She’d copied them out on the fol owing page and stared at them until her eyes had hurt, but for now they didn’t want her to know what they meant.
    She’d find out, though. That was what science was al about – that was what Great-great-grandpa Albert had said in his let er to her. The true scientist lets truth emerge.
    ‘Mol y? You finished with the pigs? Because Dad says we can go with him into town if you want.’
    ‘Town?’ Mol y’s eyes lit up. Science and but erflies forgot en, she tucked her notebook back into her pocket and jumped off the fence. ‘I’m coming. Wait for me!’
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    Also by Gemma Mal ey
    The Declaration
    The Resistance
    The Returners
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