Jewel of Gresham Green
“. .”
Singing to the tune of “The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze,” Aleda waltzed into the larder on the nineteenth of June with a covered pot sent over from the vicarage. Full to the brim, she was, and here was enough left over for supper.
She paused on her way back into the kitchen.
Bed? Said? Red?
Finally something came.
“So stories will grow in her head . . .”
Not quite Gilbert and Sullivan. But she’d like to see those two pen a story about shipwrecked survivor...s and Komodo dragons.
A knock sounded at the door. All windows were open. Heat flamed her cheeks; she thought of easing her way back into the larder.
“Aleda? It’s Jeremiah.”
Aleda blew out her cheeks, went over to the door. You laugh once, Jeremiah, and I’ll box your ears.
The distress in his usually placid face sent that thought flying.MoreLess
Singing to the tune of “The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze,” Aleda waltzed into the larder on the nineteenth of June with a covered pot sent over from the vicarage. Full to the brim, she was, and here was enough left over for supper.
She paused on her way back into the kitchen.
Bed? Said? Red?
Finally something came.
“So stories will grow in her head . . .”
Not quite Gilbert and Sullivan. But she’d like to see those two pen a story about shipwrecked survivor...s and Komodo dragons.
A knock sounded at the door. All windows were open. Heat flamed her cheeks; she thought of easing her way back into the larder.
“Aleda? It’s Jeremiah.”
Aleda blew out her cheeks, went over to the door. You laugh once, Jeremiah, and I’ll box your ears.
The distress in his usually placid face sent that thought flying.MoreLess
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