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school. I hope everybody will support him and

respect him. Now, let’s welcome him to give us a

speech.”

Cock stepped up, on to the platform. He stood at

attention and gave us a military salute. A fit of

applause rang across the meeting.

“Comrades, class struggle exists everywhere.

Does it exist in our school? Yes, it does! As soon as I

came into our school, I was told that some people

have no interest in our great leader Chairman Mao’s

books. They have interest in English! Whom do they

like? They like the USA… “

My heart sank. I stole a glance at Xi Si and

found that she was depressed too. Then I heard him

say, “I’ll change the situation. I’ll make everybody

study Mao Zedong’s book. I’ll change your school

into a militarized school. Every teacher and student

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