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“I wonder — would you mind signing an autograph?” His eyes are on the same level as your own. His nose is freckled and turns upwards slightly, and when he smiles he does so shyly, exposing teeth with gaps between. His eyes are green, and when he looks straight at you they seem to shimmer. They seem 1. Why didn’t Sophie want gentle, almost afraid. Like a gazelle’s. And Jansie to know about her you look away. You let his eyes run over you a little. And then you come back to story with Danny? 2. Did Sophie really meet find them, slightly breathless. Danny Casey? And he says, “I don’t seem to have a 3. Which was the only occasion pen at all.” when she got to see Danny Casey in person? You realise you haven’t either. “My brothers will be very sorry,” you  say. And afterwards you wait there alone in the arcade for a long while, standing where he stood, remembering the soft melodious voice, the shimmer of green eyes. No taller than you. No bolder than you. The prodigy. The innocent genius. The great Danny Casey. And she saw it all again, last Saturday — saw him ghost past the lumbering defenders, heard the fifty thousand catch their breath as he hovered momentarily over the ball, and then the explosion of sound as he struck it crisply into the goal, the sudden thunderous eruption of exultant approbation. Understanding the text 1. Sophie and Jansie were class-mates and friends. What were the differences between them that show up in the story? 2. How would you describe the character and temperament of Sophie’s father? 3. Why did Sophie like her brother Geoff more than any other person? From her perspective, what did he symbolise? 4. What socio-economic background did Sophie belong to? What are the indicators of her family’s financial status? Going Places/83 Reprint 2026-27