Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Struck Funny

That's good, says Terence. 

What's good? asks Freddy.

I don't need a wheelbarrow, says Terence.

No, you don't, says the Kroombit tinker. Why are you saying it?

Because this can't be Roy's stone, says Terence.

Even if it was, says the Kroombit tinker, you're not allowed to remove things from the crash site.

Even stones? says Terence.

Anything, says the Kroombit tinker. 

What if one gets stuck between your toes? asks Terence.

Is there one stuck between your toes? asks the Kroombit tinker.

How would I know? asks Terence.

How wouldn't you? says Freddy.

Terence wriggles his toes. 

A few tiny stones fall out. 

You can't feel them, because you're made of cement, says Greedy. You should be more careful.

I am more careful, says Terence.

Let's go back to the others, says Freddy. 

Okay, says Terence. 

Wait, says Greedy. I want to say goodbye to Granny Greedith.

Go on then, says Terence.

You'll have to carry me, says Greedy. 

I'll come too, says the Kroombit tinker.

Freddy stays with the stone, which is not Roy's. And the tiny stones, which fell out from between Terence's toes.

You tiny stones are free again, says Freddy.

But what is freedom? ask the tiny stones.

Freddy ponders the question.

Meanwhile, Greedy is looking at the word Edith. 

Terence is holding her up.

Goodbye Granny Greedith, says Greedy. I hope you had a good life.

She and Freddy had a shop, says the Kroombit tinker. 

In the letter? asks Greedy

In Nottingham, says the Kroombit tinker.

Ha ha! laughs Terence. 

Nottingham strikes him as funny.

(most likely the ham part) 


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