A Donkey in the Meadow
“Clouds, low and lugubrious, swirling in from the sea and the south, were hastening the dusk to fall before its time.
‘I feel very pleased with myself,’ said Jeannie suddenly.
‘Why’s that?’ ‘Well,’ she said, ‘before we left and when you were out of sight, I got hold of Jack Baker and asked him a favour.’ ‘And what was this favour?’ ‘It was his idea really.’ ‘Come on, tell me what it was.’ I felt irked that I had not been previously informed.
‘You know that big iron bar which is used for levering... rocks?’ ‘Of course I do.’ ‘Jack Baker suggested it would make an ideal tethering post for a donkey.’ ‘Reasonable enough.’ ‘And so before we set off, just in case we did buy a donkey, I asked him to fix it.’ ‘You seemed very certain in that case that we would buy a donkey.’ ‘The only trouble is,’ she said, ignoring me, ‘that he couldn’t put it upright as the soil was too shallow. He therefore planned to anchor it into the ground horizontally, helped by a couple of big rocks at either end of the bar.’ A journey into detail was unlike her.MoreLess
‘I feel very pleased with myself,’ said Jeannie suddenly.
‘Why’s that?’ ‘Well,’ she said, ‘before we left and when you were out of sight, I got hold of Jack Baker and asked him a favour.’ ‘And what was this favour?’ ‘It was his idea really.’ ‘Come on, tell me what it was.’ I felt irked that I had not been previously informed.
‘You know that big iron bar which is used for levering... rocks?’ ‘Of course I do.’ ‘Jack Baker suggested it would make an ideal tethering post for a donkey.’ ‘Reasonable enough.’ ‘And so before we set off, just in case we did buy a donkey, I asked him to fix it.’ ‘You seemed very certain in that case that we would buy a donkey.’ ‘The only trouble is,’ she said, ignoring me, ‘that he couldn’t put it upright as the soil was too shallow. He therefore planned to anchor it into the ground horizontally, helped by a couple of big rocks at either end of the bar.’ A journey into detail was unlike her.MoreLess
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