Me: Can we discuss your recent behaviour on our walk?
Nell: I think it might rain today.
Me: When we stopped for a short break you started grumbling at Kev under your breath.
Nell: The weather forecast suggested scattered showers.
Me: And you carried on grumbling until he stroked you and gave you a biscuit.
Nell: My friend Dorothy suggested a Pre-Birthday Lunch at the Cottage Hotel.
Me: A Pre-Birthday Lunch with Dorothy is a lovely idea.
Nell: I thought so.
Me: Can I come?
Nell: No. You have far too much to do here. It’s only two weeks to Moving Day.
Me: You’re right.
Nell: We can celebrate together tomorrow.
Me: I can’t believe you’ll be 13. It seems only yesterday I brought you home.
Nell: A lot has happened since then.
Me: Yes. Kev and I were only just talking about that. We were looking at our old house in Oxfordshire. It had such a lovely garden.
Nell: Now, I know the garden at The House on the Corner is not much.
Me: It isn’t.
Nell: But we are going to make the most of it with some plant pots and maybe a palm tree.
Me: It’s going to be quite a change.
Nell: And remember there are some lovely country walks just across the road from us.
Me: And a bus stop.
Nell: Buses are very useful things. Alice and the children are very excited about that.
Me: Yes, they are. Kev and I are going to apply for our bus passes.
Nell: Good idea.
Me: Did I tell you Kev is going to make you a chariot out of Jonathan’s old pram?
Nell: I beg your pardon?
Me: You can’t walk very far nowadays, Nell.
Nell: Well, thank you very much for that reminder.
Me: Sorry.
