Puzzles continued By Denis Price

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I don't leave here much but they have to take me out sometimes. They take me to a hospital 'cos when my head hurts I go to sleep. I know that 'cos I wake up in different places and they give me lots to drink after. The last time we went we didn't get there, our car had a crash, not a big one but some people had to help me out, they were nice, they gave me some tea in a shop and a packet of sweets so I went for a walk in the park to eat them.

It was nice in the park, there were lots of people, big ones and little ones, I talked to some of them, 'specially the little ones with nice teeth and smooth skins. It made me feel really warm again but I didn't remember a lot 'til I woke up in the bus station. I was ever so thirsty like I always am after a sleep so I asked some people for a drink of water and they brought me back here. I'd been away ages and they were really angry. I could tell that, they didn't shout like Mr. Robbo did but I could still tell. Even the brown ones didn't smile, they asked me where I'd been but I told them I couldn't remember.

Next day we went into the little room with the puzzles and the drawings, some other people were there. They were carrying black cases and they all looked the same. Some of them were helpers, they wrote stories just like my helpers and they were all nice to me, 'specially the one who was a lady. She sat really close to me, I could smell that sweet milky baby smell all over her and when she smiled at me with her nice white teeth it made me feel all warm inside.

She showed me a picture of a little lady with a big smile and nice white teeth on her smooth face. She told me it was a puzzle, just like the puzzles I did, only this time we could do it together, I looked at my helpers, the ones with the brown faces were smiling again. Then she asked me, like I knew she would, had I seen that little lady in the park? If I had, we could finish the puzzle and they would all be happy, but I knew, if I helped her finish this puzzle they would all be sad.

Copyright © Denis Price. 2004

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