Tent

Yesterday's corner time: 2 Minutes.

We bought a huge family tent on Saturday and then on Sunday, Dad tested it out.

It took him 3 hours to erect it and then it remained up for the rest of the day.

Mum was very pleased and said that Dad normally struggled to get it up and that it certainly hadn’t stayed up that long before without pharmaceutical assistance. Mum and Dad thought this to be very funny.

Throughout the remainder of the day, Mum and Dad continued to make a lot of similar comments, which I didn’t understand. Apparently, it was some sort of private joke.

I couldn’t wait for the tent to be built, so I was very excited when Dad eventually came into the kitchen and announced that it he had finally managed to get it elevated but then asked Mum where she’d now like the tent. Another false alarm and more giggles.

However, it turned out that he was just joking and that he had actually managed to assemble the tent. Much to his annoyance, I then spent several enjoyable hours doing my best to collapse it again, almost strangling myself on the guy ropes in the process.

I think I’m going to enjoy camping.

Matthew.