Chapter Twenty-One ~ And And And
Move inside yourself.
(Stations: Places For Pilgrims To Pray, Simon Bailey)
Dad went to see Nanna and Gramps. So me and Ben went along too, to give Mum a break. Nanna made us something from a packet that steamed up the windows while we watched the telly and Dad talked all the time to Gramps, who kept saying “it” was “a load of rubbish” and “fairy tales”. Ben was cheeky to Nanna. Dad borrowed a big bagful of books about steam engines from Gramps, who said he didn’t really want to lend them. He said Dad had to “straighten yourself out”. When Dad got them home Mum made him drive the books straight back to Gramps. I know he only pretended to, though. Because, just after, Mum let me go to the shop for popcorn (there was a good film on and Mum lets us have pop
