Henry’s Daughter (2003)
“Then they dress fast, in shoes and socks and parkas too, and they all go out the window, Lori first to take the little ones, Jamesy last so he can lift them over the sill. Lori won’t let them go to Nelly. She takes them to Henry’s potting shed and instead of flowers, she finds an old hen there, sitting on nine eggs. Silly old hen doesn’t know it’s not the old days. She’s trying to hatch chickens, just as if Henry is still around to feed them.
It’s got to be about ten o’clock and the little kids... are grizzling. They still expect such things as breakfast at breakfast time.
‘Shut up.’ Lori is watering Henry’s pots because some have green shoots poking up from dry dirt.
‘Nelly has got a big new box of Weet-Bix,’ Neil says.
‘We’re not beggars. Shut up and just wait a minute, will you?’ She’s not sure what she’s waiting for. Maybe a sign from Henry. Maybe those green shoots are his sign. Maybe she’s just waiting until she’s hungry enough. Her stomach isn’t hungry.MoreLess
It’s got to be about ten o’clock and the little kids... are grizzling. They still expect such things as breakfast at breakfast time.
‘Shut up.’ Lori is watering Henry’s pots because some have green shoots poking up from dry dirt.
‘Nelly has got a big new box of Weet-Bix,’ Neil says.
‘We’re not beggars. Shut up and just wait a minute, will you?’ She’s not sure what she’s waiting for. Maybe a sign from Henry. Maybe those green shoots are his sign. Maybe she’s just waiting until she’s hungry enough. Her stomach isn’t hungry.MoreLess
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