Hôm sau tới lượt thầy Nhãn qua nhà tôi.
Tay cầm cây roi mây, thầy quát ngay từ ngoài cổng:
- Thằng Đàn đâu?
Mẹ tôi bước ra, lễ phép:
- Chào thầy.
Tôi, thằng Tường và con Mận theo cửa bếp xô nhau chạy ra sau hè, nấp chỗ chuồng gà len lén nhìn vô.
Trong ba đứa, thằng Tường chạy nhanh nhất. Nó chưa quên lần chạm trán với thầy Nhãn hôm nào.
Tôi trông rõ bộ mặt hầm hầm của thầy Nhãn bên kia bức vách. Thầy hỏi mẹ tôi bằng giọng gay gắt:
- Chị biết thằng Đàn dẫn con Vinh trốn đi đâu không?
Mẹ tôi ngẩn ra:
- Tôi nghe nói cháu Vinh bị nước cuốn mà, thầy.
- Cuốn cái…
Thầy Nhãn tức giận đến mức quên mất thầy đang làm thầy, suýt nữa văng tục. Phút chót, sực nhớ ra đang nói chuyện với mẹ tôi, thầy kịp nắn lại câu nói:
- Cuốn cái… gì mà cuốn! Nước cuốn con Vinh hôm trước, hôm sau thằng Đàn mất tích là sao?
Mẹ tôi vẫn bình tĩnh:
- Chắc chú Đàn xuôi miệt dưới, xem có ai cứu được cháu Vinh hay không.
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