Second Fiddle
“my grandfather said when I called by his cottage on my way home that evening. He was pouring half a bottle of tonic water into a glass. He always drinks tonic at five o’clock, with a slice of lemon and two ice cubes clinking in it. He calls it his “sundowner.” He smirks when he uses that word, as if he has said something terribly witty. I gave a dutiful grin and said “Sláinte,” which is what you are supposed to say when Grandpa makes his sundowner joke.
“They keep their tools in it,” he went on.... “Their jackets too, and their teapot and gas ring for the cuppa tea in the mornings. You can’t beat a cuppa tea first thing.”
I was disappointed that Grandpa was so matter-of-fact about my story of the strange girl and the funny little hut that had just seemed to appear out of nowhere. I wasn’t sure exactly what a forester was, beyond a vague idea that it was the modern word for “woodcutter.” In stories, woodcutters tend to be poor men whose wives long to have babies.MoreLess
“They keep their tools in it,” he went on.... “Their jackets too, and their teapot and gas ring for the cuppa tea in the mornings. You can’t beat a cuppa tea first thing.”
I was disappointed that Grandpa was so matter-of-fact about my story of the strange girl and the funny little hut that had just seemed to appear out of nowhere. I wasn’t sure exactly what a forester was, beyond a vague idea that it was the modern word for “woodcutter.” In stories, woodcutters tend to be poor men whose wives long to have babies.MoreLess
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