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Date: 30 December 2006 23:01:36
This evening I offer 2 alternative stories of the day.
One.
Shortly after 8am this morning, a knock at the front door heralded the arrival of a very wet courier. Through the rain he handed over a large parcel and disappeared in his little red van. As the strains of Postman Pat receded from my subconscious, I attacked the parcel and discovered it contained a magical bottle allowing the holder one wish. Excited, I ran to make a packed lunch: tomato soup and chocolate biscuits.
Two.
Shortly after 8am this morning, the tones of my alarm clock heralded the start of a very long lie-in. Through the fog of sleep, Mr Farli handed over the duvet and disappeared to his computer. As the strains of Christmas receded from my tired muscles, I attached myself to the pillow and discovered the bed contained a no longer hot water bottle. Disappointed, I finally got out of bed and went to make lunch: tomato soup and chocolate biscuits.
One
I opened the magical bottle and wished for a perfect day, with enough of interest to blog about.
Two
I opened the hot water bottle and wished I didn't have so many essays to write.
One
The phone rang. The man said I was the winner of a special shopping prize, which had to be taken today. A vintage Bentley pulled up outside the door and we went off to shop. Strangely, there was no-one else in the shopping centre, despite it being one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Most of the shops had been replaced by second-hand bookshops, although the clothes shops that remained were great fun: they contained only clothes in my size. Every time we started to get fed up of shopping, a sofa appeared and we sat down to watch some new episodes of West Wing with some coffee.
Two
The phone rang. It was my sister's phone calling to let me know that my sister was on her way out and had forgotten to lock the phone keypad again. The bin lorry pulled up outside the door and took the cardboard off to the dump. Strangely, I couldn't face going sales shopping so the sofa appeared from under a pile of stuff and we sat down to watch some new episodes of Torchwood with some coffee.
One
As the afternoon faded away, we went for a romantic walk and returned to find someone had cooked dinner and cleaned the house.
Two
As the afternoon faded away, I did some Greek homework, cooked dinner and decided not to bother cleaning the house.
One
After dinner, the Bentley returned and took us to the theatre for a lovely night out. The cast included Colin Firth, Rob Lowe and Pierce Brosnan.
Two
After dinner, we sat and watched tv. The cast included David Walliams and Matt Lucas.
One or Two? Which do you think really happened and why?