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February 27, 2008
Time to stand and watch the birds.
It was very quiet in the village last week. No screaming in the school yard or urchins with sticks and hoops in the road. Naturally I assumed that the child catcher had been round. The daffodils knifed by Jack Frost would regroup and jostle under the sunny skies. On Thursday I saw seven poorly dressed children and a cheery chubby child in a trolley led away up the track to the hills, the piper encouraging them on with tempting sweetmeats.
Robbers broke into the village store in the small hours of the Sunday. Folk gathered in the road, Mrs Leatherwear saw the get away vehicle and heard the driver cursing under his breath, "you be quick now",she heard him say as they ran from the store with baccy in their swag bags.
Anyway, I now find out that it was half term plus an inset culture day out for the teachers. The robbers have not been found. I wonder how far the piper went.
Posted by Martha at February 27, 2008 09:34 AM