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When the teacher asked me why my mother didn’t come with me, I just hid my face and bawled.’’ As Marilyn talked in her shy, tense, little-girl voice, slowly groping for just the right words, it was easy to understand what it was that a sensitive man with whom she’d once worked meant when he said, ‘‘She gives you a lump in your throat and a gleam in your eye at the same time.” Earnestly, Marilyn continued, “I was never happy in grade school — I went to lots of them in different neighborhoods. I always felt in the way; I stuttered and the others made fun of me; they all had their own little groups and I didn’t know how to go about pushing my way in. 'They called me ‘Norma Jean — the human bean.’ ” Her eyes clouded as she voiced those painful reminiscences. And then they brightened warmly. She smiled as she went on. “But you know, nearly all those years seem a blank to me now. Not long ago I read a psychology book that said it’s possible to forget unhappy periods, whole years of your life. It’s as if they’re mercifully wiped out — pushed back into your subconscious. I know that’s true. “But when I was twelve, something happened to make me want to quit forgetting. Up till then, I thought I was the ugliest girl in the school, and then suddenly my figure filled out like a woman’s and the boys began to notice me. At fourteen, I was elected ‘Oomph Girl’ of Emerson Junior High School and it was the biggest thing that ever happened to me. But the girls were still unfriendly.” At that moment, one of those strange coincidences happened — as if to underscore her words. A successful young Broadway actress shepherded by a press agent, took the table next to ours. As the press agent leaned over to make the introductions, the actress stared at Marilyn with the naked revulsion usually reserved for objects that crawl out of the woodwork. The very air appeared to congeal with the iciness of her one-word greeting. In Hollywood, “hellos” come in three categories — big — medium — small. What Marilyn got was infinitesimal. Her delicate face was drained of expression, and for a fleeting moment one could see again that pathetic little figure leaving the school — alone. Marilyn said nothing for a few stunned seconds. It was as if she were thinking, “Who am I that a famous Broadway actress should be nice to me?” Marilyn had said nothing, either, when she was on loan-out to another studio and made a film with an important star who ignored her, scarcely uttering a social word during the entire making of the picture. Marilyn is honestly frightened of female stars — awed by them. Though she wants desperately to have them like her, she doesn’t know how to bring it off. And that’s why she probably has fewer friends than any Hollywood glamour girl. It’s hard to believe the truth about Marilyn. 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