The Bed And Breakfast Star (2006)
“All that week. And Mum wasn’t much better. She didn’t get mad at me and shout. She didn’t say very much at all. She did a lot of that sitting on the bed and staring into space. Sometimes Mack could snap her out of it. Sometimes he couldn’t.
I hated to see Mum all sad and sulky like that. I tried telling her jokes to cheer her up a bit.
‘Hey Mum, what’s ten metres tall and green and sits in the corner?’ ‘Oh Elsa, please. Just leave me be.’ ‘The Incredible Sulk!’ I fell about. But Mum did...n’t even smile.
‘OK, try this one. Why did the biscuit cry?’ ‘What biscuit? What are you on about?’ ‘Any biscuit.’ ‘Can I have a biscuit, Mum?’ said Pippa.
‘Look, just listen to the joke. Why did the biscuit cry, eh? Because his mother was a wafer so long.’ I paused. Nobody reacted.
‘Don’t you get it?’ ‘Just give it a rest, Elsa, please,’ Mum said, and she lay back on her bed and buried her head under the pillow.MoreLess
I hated to see Mum all sad and sulky like that. I tried telling her jokes to cheer her up a bit.
‘Hey Mum, what’s ten metres tall and green and sits in the corner?’ ‘Oh Elsa, please. Just leave me be.’ ‘The Incredible Sulk!’ I fell about. But Mum did...n’t even smile.
‘OK, try this one. Why did the biscuit cry?’ ‘What biscuit? What are you on about?’ ‘Any biscuit.’ ‘Can I have a biscuit, Mum?’ said Pippa.
‘Look, just listen to the joke. Why did the biscuit cry, eh? Because his mother was a wafer so long.’ I paused. Nobody reacted.
‘Don’t you get it?’ ‘Just give it a rest, Elsa, please,’ Mum said, and she lay back on her bed and buried her head under the pillow.MoreLess
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