Icy Waters

Yesterday’s corner time: 2 Minutes.

A strange thing happened yesterday, I caught Mum and Dad hugging. I’m not used to seeing them demonstrate affection towards each other and instead, assumed that Mum must be attacking Dad.

My first instinct was to save him. I quickly looked around and picked up the nearest thing to hand, which just happened to be Becca, and belted Mum across the back of the legs. This had the desired effect but unfortunately, Mum then turned her attention to me.

In the afternoon, once she had forgiven me, Mum took us to visit Grandma Gerry and Grandad Peter who were house sitting. The house had a swimming pool and I was very excited. Grandpa Peter had confirmed that the water temperature was alright, so I leapt straight in.

However, the water was absolutely b#’$%y freezing. I think even a penguin wearing gloves, a scarf and possibly even a wetsuit would have taken a sharp intake of breath on diving into this pool.

I was instantly paralysed and could hardly draw breath. Meanwhile, my brave relations were hurriedly skirting around the side of the pool, unwilling to jump in themselves having just seen my reaction to the icy waters. In the end, a rubber ring was thrown in to me and I was fished out.

In future, when Grandad Peter suggests that anything is “alright”, including water temperature, I shall seek a second opinion and throw Becca in first.

Matthew.

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