Granny
“Lunch was cream cheese.
Tea was more cream cheese.
After just one day, Joe was the color of cream cheese. The house had never felt so big and he had never felt so small. His parents were away in another country. Mrs. Jinks and Mr. Lampy were dead. There was just Joe and Granny and he knew with a horrible sick feeling in the pit of his stomach that he was completely in her power.
Of course Granny was enjoying every minute of it, moving around the house, warbling to herself like a sick canary as ...she glued shut the windows and turned up the heat. By lunchtime Joe was sweating.
“You look ill, dear,” Granny trilled.
“I’m hot.”
“It must be the flu. You’d better have two spoonfuls of cod-liver oil. Better still, I’ll go to the fishmongers and buy you a whole cod’s liver.”
That afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Warden telephoned from the South of France. Although Joe was in the room, they didn’t ask to speak to him. Instead, Mrs. Warden gabbled down the phone to Granny at twice her usual speed.MoreLess
Tea was more cream cheese.
After just one day, Joe was the color of cream cheese. The house had never felt so big and he had never felt so small. His parents were away in another country. Mrs. Jinks and Mr. Lampy were dead. There was just Joe and Granny and he knew with a horrible sick feeling in the pit of his stomach that he was completely in her power.
Of course Granny was enjoying every minute of it, moving around the house, warbling to herself like a sick canary as ...she glued shut the windows and turned up the heat. By lunchtime Joe was sweating.
“You look ill, dear,” Granny trilled.
“I’m hot.”
“It must be the flu. You’d better have two spoonfuls of cod-liver oil. Better still, I’ll go to the fishmongers and buy you a whole cod’s liver.”
That afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Warden telephoned from the South of France. Although Joe was in the room, they didn’t ask to speak to him. Instead, Mrs. Warden gabbled down the phone to Granny at twice her usual speed.MoreLess
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