This is the third in a triptych of "Couples" stories about three couples at a function, (1) Eve & Adam "Eve's Choice" about newly weds, (2) Carol & Rob "Cheese & Clicks" about two people meeting for the first time, and (3) Natalie & Alan about the long-divorced parents of the Bride. You do not need to read the first two to read the third.
Have ever wished you had a "rewind" button on your life, so that every time you put your foot in it, blurted out The wrong thing to say or did something particularly stupid or damaging? Just rewind and play that bit of your life again, only do it better this time? Yes? Well, you never know, but you may be able to rewind your life too.
A children's story, part of a collection called "Back Yard Yarns". Robbie is a fledging and his body is changing. He is already bigger than his nest mates, and his boring brown breast was dull compared to the bright yellow of his Blue Tit siblings, but now, his breast was embarrassingly turning bright red. He tried his best to disguise his breast by dusting it with daisy pollen, but that on,y made him sneeze....
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Dan's distracted by his grandchildren in the busy mall and fails to see an old friend until it is too late to avoid her. Time to forget old secrets and pass it on.
Readers with siblings will know about the title. I hated it, as a child who liked to look after my toys, when Mother ordered me to share my toys with my brothers or house guests. They would break them or lose attachments or fold over the corners of your comics or books. Tim Smith was like that. He started out poor and had to share growing up but as an adult he refused to share. Oh he was generous to a fault and he'd give you the shirt off his back, but share what was precious to him? No, never!
Harry is a salesman and he uses his Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow as a prop to help him attract new business to buy his screws, nut and bolts. Then he meets a female managing director, rare in 1975, named Mrs Gina Tremblett, who decides to use him as an escort to help cope with the prejudices of a male dominated business world. Harry agrees to help in the spirit of altruism, but will the Spirit of Ecstasy intervene?
Jackie the narrator is a common young thief, reporting back to his Fence, having gone outside of his comfort zone. He's a successful ram-raider. His hero is The Panther, a cat burglar with a reputation on being Old School. Can Jackie emulate his hero and rob softly softly?
