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** Cuffed And Stuffed **
*** The
Robbery ***
by Bobby Mac
part 1 of 14 (the
robbery)
Douglas and his cousins, Alicia and Karl, were
sitting around their
Nanna's kitchen table trying out her
latest batch of chocolate cakes
when granddad rushed in.
"Turn
the radio on quick", he said to Douglas, "Jack just
picked up some news
on the C.B.Radio about a robbery in
Marton".
"Wow", said Alicia, "big deal,
it's such a big town, they probably got
enough for their bus
fare out of here, and I wish I could join them,
instead of
having to babysit you two". while she was talking
she made
a face at her young brother Karl and her cousin Douglas.
Karl
tried to get his sister's attention by making a movement of his
head
towards their cousin Douglas. He mouthed the words
silently,
"Aunty is at work in the shop".
There
was nothing on the radio about Marton, so granddad phoned the
supermarket
to make sure his daughter Anne-marie, Douglas's mum
was safe. When he got off
the phone he gave Douglas a
wink.
"Mum's okay, but they were robbed just a while ago,
by a real pair of losers,
who forgot to pull down their
balaclavas before they went past the security camera.
Then,
they had trouble starting their car, which is an old pink ford
with a
bright yellow roof, and the back doors are blue and
green".
"Our life skills lecturer, Ms. Jeanette
McDonald would describe that as
a visual symphony in flight",
said Alicia.
"In my day", said Nan, "Visual
symphony's were kept in private".
"Was that when you
walked ten miles through blizzards to school each day",
shouted Karl
and, he and Douglas ducked out of Nan's
reach.
"Hey!! perhaps the crooks will go past, last one to
the gate needs visual sympathy",
shouted Karl, tossing his
head back and making a face at his sister
as he ran out the
door.
*****
Copyright: Bobby Mac - October
2003
Published: www.tardemstudios.co.nz - 22nd. February 2004
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