Circumference

 Can we go in the lighthouse? asks Terence.

No, says Louisa. You can walk around the outside.

Boring, says Terence.

Let's do it, says the Ear. We'll think of long words.

Okay, says Terence.

He picks up the Ear and starts walking around the lighthouse.

Circumference, says the Ear.

That's a good one, says Terence. 

Do you know what it means? asks the Ear.

Yes, because I went to one, says Terence. It was in Melbourne.

You don't GO to a circumference, says the Ear.

You're right! says Terence. I was supposed to go, but I didn't. How did you know?

I didn't, says the Ear. 

Same, says Terence.

By this time they have completed the circumference of the lighthouse.

And guess what?

Alfonse has arrived with his dad and his sister.

They are talking to Louisa.

Alfonse has been so excited since his Ear started talking, says Claudine.

I bet, says Louisa. Look who's here, Terence!

Yay! says Terence. My Ear talked first.

My Ear talked straight away, says Alfonse. Arthur said yours took hours.

That's true, says Louisa. It didn't talk at first. It only talked when it got tired of other people talking for it.

Hey! says Terence. That wasn't the competition!

Alfonse has pulled his orange peel ear from his pocket.

It's pretty small.

Puh! says Terence. Let's hear it.

Talk, Ear, says Alfonse.

His Ear clears its throat. 

Here we are at the lighthouse, says Alfonse's Ear. It features a round masonry tower and a red dome. It was built from 2000 pieces of local stone. A flying fox was used to bring building supplies up the cliff face. 

Everyone is amazed, Terence's Ear included.

Could Alfonse's Ear have had coaching?