TEN
THE GEOGRAPHY TEACHER
‘Oh, for Christ’s sake get on with it, this cork will not last forever,’ said Mrs Fish, with hitherto unknown clout for a trout.
Pimple assumed, being one whose mind often turned to such thoughts, that this outburst from Mrs Fish was to prevent another sort of outburst, as he considered the Fish malodorous gasses were likely building internally and could well be close to reaching red on the pressure gauge, the evacuation route below having been bunged by his mother, and he knew how that felt.
There was little point in apologising to Mrs Fish for any incommodious delay as she was as deaf as a post and so Aedd continued on his way, grateful her expulsion was oral and not, well…
‘Anyway, as I was saying…’ Aedd continued energetically, imagining his excitement mo
