” Curiously…. ” by Stef Freeman from a 10 minute exercise…
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” Curiously,…… the phone rang at 11.30pm.
It was my sister calling from Canada.
” Why so late ?” I asked.
” Do you remember when Ralph climbed the tree and walked out to the end of the branch, way up high ?
And we could hear him crying ?” she said.
“Y-e-s…. why do you ask ?”
“Well…. it was me who went into the house to get the blanket, so if he fell, we could all hold onto it like a fireman’s sheet and the cat would be saved….”
“Yes….but he fell before you got back.”
“I know, but that’s why I’m calling. It wasn’t my fault that he was injured, and everyone blamed me.”
” We didn’t blame you.”
” Yes you did. You were all screaming at me.”
” I don’t remember that. I only remember that after he fell, Ralph ran into the barn and didn’t come out for three days. How do you know he was hurt ?”
” Well, he must have been because it was a long way down. And you all heard the loud thump.”
“Why are you calling so late ?”
” Well, it’s just that I wanted to know when you’re coming back to visit.”
“No. You wanted to talk about Ralph falling out of the tree. Why don’t you just ask me
when I’m coming .?
