Me: I always love to think of people from all over the world enjoying ‘Conversations with Nell’ so here is a photo of Lilly from Thailand who spent the whole day reading my book when she was visiting her grandmother in Devon.
Nell: Did you just say ‘my book’?
Me: Yes.
Nell: I think you will find I had something to do with it. The Conversations are with me. My name is on the front.
Me: Our book.
Nell: Thank you.
Me: Anyway, I’m so glad you enjoyed it, Lilly.
Nell: Yes, we both are.
Me: And sorry about the awful English weather.
Nell: Have you quite finished?
Me: Yes. It was good to see you paddling in the river.
Nell: I thought I would join the others down there.
Me: And it was lovely to meet Archie, the handsome Golden Retriever, again on our walk.
Nell: Moving on, it seems the Stuffed Tiger is staying on the wardrobe.
Me: Only for now. The children are bound to want him off there.
Nell: As long as he isn’t anywhere near Nigel when he visits. He can’t stand him.
Me: I know.
Nell: Romeo has been seen inside the house, by the way.
Me: Romeo the seagull in a long black wig who serenades Harriet on his lute?
Nell: Yes. He was spotted leaving flowers for Harriet under the kitchen table.
Me: I don’t want Beefies in the house.
Nell: Nobody does. Apart from Herr Hoffmann.
Me: Not again.
Nell: He says Romeo is ‘a luffly little gurl’.
Me: He’s an annoying little gull. I bet he stole those biscuits.
Nell: And shared them with the Stuffed Tiger on top of the wardrobe.
Me: It’s Stuffed, Nell.
Nell: You can be stuffed and still eat. Ask David.
Me: You’re right. Sorry.
