"What do you mean, we are all just puppets in a grand play
"No", Herbert kept saying. "It's not a pimple. It's a scar." But they didn't believe him.
Rupert shuddered as he remembered Colins Fancy Dress Party. No one had told him the motto was "Animal Farm". He wouldn't have gone as a bloody teddy bear anyway. It was embarrassing enough to be on a photo with one.
"Where did they have their patterns done?" Gerda wondered. "They do look rather masculine."
"Oi", Bruno said. "How are you doing back there?" The way he said "back there" was sooo degrading. Gerda was getting pissed.
"Oh, what have I done wrong?" Debbie was frustrated. She would have prefered gay children any day to these three non-swimmers. How was she going to explain this to the neighbours?
Hugh just couldn't clear his head. And breathing proved more and more difficult. "I'm not made for this", he thought,"being a duck."
