The Grasshopper's Child
“A few coloured rockets were set off in the village. Heidi watched them from her window with the Bad Dream Cat for company. Nobody got sacrificed, as far as she could tell. She washed her mother’s dresses by hand, except the antique one with all the sequins: ironed them carefully and put them away in the suitcase. She filled the rickety bookcase with her books, and screwed cup-hooks from the Utility room into the back of her door, so she could hang up some of her clothes. The rest of her stuff h...ad to stay in old carrier bags; also scrounged from the Utility room.
Ironing the dresses gave her an idea. She ironed the crumpled lead strips between sheets of newspaper: stuck them to the lost panes with DIY cement and mended her window at last. This huge milestone somehow gave her the courage to text Mum’s doctor, including a message for Mum: because Clancy was right.
Mum didn’t reply, but she got an email from the doctor telling her she was doing the right thing. She should send loving messages; that could be shown to her mum on Mum’s good days.MoreLess
Ironing the dresses gave her an idea. She ironed the crumpled lead strips between sheets of newspaper: stuck them to the lost panes with DIY cement and mended her window at last. This huge milestone somehow gave her the courage to text Mum’s doctor, including a message for Mum: because Clancy was right.
Mum didn’t reply, but she got an email from the doctor telling her she was doing the right thing. She should send loving messages; that could be shown to her mum on Mum’s good days.MoreLess
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