Beautifully involuted. Well-handled narrative.
Thanks. cheers, cara
--- Brigid Anthony <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Cushioning the Blow
>
> We thought it best to leave the cat with Ted
> along with Grandma, when we went away.
> As soon as we came home from holiday
> he bluntly stated that the cat was dead.
>
> "Listen!" I said, "Bad news is better told
> obliquely--such as, 'Bess went climbing on
> the roof, and fell. Her legs and back had gone.
> They tried to save her but she was too old.' "
>
> Ted--who's a blunt but not a thoughtless man--
> felt chastened (so he said) and mortified.
> "Don't worry, Cousin Edward", I replied,
> "we all drop clangers. By the way, how's Gran?"
>
> "Not great", he said. "In fact, to tell the truth,
> last night she went out climbing on the roof......"
>
> David Anthony
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