Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Itchier Than Ever (week 5)

"Why I had an aunt who called herself P. Curlew, nicest aunt anyone could have asked for.  She was always giving us fresh berries:  berry-this, berry-this.  I get hungry every time I think of her."

P. Martin watched his new teacher talk, as she drifted on about Aunt P. Berry Curlew.  "We never asked her what that P. stood for, and she never told us."  She rolled her tongue at the front of her mouth.  Mrs. Whimbrel bent closer to P. Martin. "She liked keeping secrets."  Her voice almost whistled, then trailed off.     "Strange duck," he thought.  www.rspb.org.uk