The irony!

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Yesterday I was in town, trying to do some shopping – always an unpleasant experience. But finally I did actually find something I wanted, so I had to join the queue for the checkouts. There were four or five people ahead of me so I got out my book to pass the time. But no sooner had I read about two sentences than a man joined the queue behind me, and he started to chat. He asked what I was reading. I told him that I carried a book because I rarely get time to read at home so I read some when I’m at the supermarket checkout or waiting in the bank. He went on to tell me how he also snatched moments to read. He liked to read in the bathroom when he knew he wouldn’t have to answer the ‘phone. And he liked to read in the bath, although this could be hazardous, he had once dozed off and woke to feel the book slipping from his hands – it was a book by C. S Lewis he remembered. This exchange was all very friendly and he was very pleasant but at the same time I wanted to tell him to leave me alone so I could read my book in some of those snatched moments we had talked about! But by then it was my turn at the till so I never got any further! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2024.