Spending his days playing with Alice or the girls at school is different; less aggressive and boisterous but equally competitive, if not more so. Little things such as how he’s tied his ribbon or how he wears his ankle socks seem significant whilst bigger things such as excelling in a game of hop scotch or beating his opponent in a competitive clapping game are played down. There’s some things he likes about being one of the girls, and plenty of things he doesn’t. He enjoys skipping with a rope, cross-stitch and learning the names of all the different flowers, but since his hair has grown considerably, he hates having it put in ringlets or tight bunches that bounce and bob around his ears.
The Petticoat & the Evacuee Scene 49
