Forty

‘It’s full enough Philippa, for God’s sake, there’s a water shortage in London. George?’
No.
‘Will you come into the bathroom a minute?’
Why are you talking to yourself Pips and who is the bath for? I don’t want you experimenting with me.
‘I just want to try something’.
Oh no no no no no!
‘Where are you going? Don’t be silly’.
Stay away from me Pips. Keep your hands off me.
‘George come back here.’
I am not a guinea pig. What can I grab? …….. This!
‘George no. Put my espadrille down’.
Hrrh.
‘Give it to me George’.
Hrrrh.
‘Look I don’t want it all chewed up and dribbled on. Drop it’.
Hrrrnng.
‘Drop it!’
Hnng hnng hnnng hnnnng!
‘Where are you going? No, not in the bathroom. George no! Not in the/’
Bath, Pips? Whoops.
‘George that’s not funny’.
Well I warned you.
‘No, don’t run off/ Come back. George come/ No! Not the other one’.
Hrrh hrrh hrnng hnng/
‘George drop it. Come here! No, don’t you dare….. George? Do not put the other one in/’
There!
‘Right. That’s naughty George. The water will ruin them and they weren’t cheap. I said no’.
So did I. What makes you think your no means more than mine?