Idlebones

Learning to swim

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

      Dogs love water!" dog was panting excitedly. His long pink tongue lolled lazily from his wet mouth, dribbles of saliva dripped into the edge of the water. Duck looked at him, sashaying herself in small semicircular sweeps in the cool river water. She smirked, and spun herself in a tight circle, displaying ...

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Sophie & Paddy. Chapter 3 (updated)

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006

      Sophie turned to lift her furry companion onto the window ledge where he sat with his back to the pane, looking over his shoulder to where Sophie was now pointing, her finger pushed against the glass.  "Look, over there by the flower bed" she whispered Paddy strained his eyes in the direction Sophie's' finger ...

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Escape. 1.

Saturday, November 11th, 2006

  I don't remember why I went with him, but here we were, tearing down the empty high street at 4 in the morning, our satchels swinging behind our sweat drenched backs with the sound of the police sirens wailing from a side street somewhere behind us. A hurried glance taken over my shoulder told ...

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Next Door. Part 4

Saturday, November 11th, 2006

Jessie is here again, the back of her blonde head facing my admiring gaze. She sits, crossed legged, reading the paper, gingerly tipping her ciggarette ash into the small ceramic ashtray I've placed before her. I've tipped her hair, and kissed her brow, and returned to the hob as I ...

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