A Streetcar Named Aberystwyth by Malcolm Pryce
Author:Malcolm Pryce [Pryce, Malcolm]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zoo of Words
Published: 2024-05-24T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER 14
The following day Calamity took the afternoon off to be with her aunt who was visiting. I was sitting alone in my office dozing when a strange sound from the stairwell woke me.
A voice cried out, âAnybody home!â
I looked up and saw that the voice came from a giant teacup framed in the doorway. I focused, and the image resolved into one just as strange: it was Rapunzel, standing in a fibreglass teacup held aloft by ropes to her shoulder, her legs emerging from the base of the cup. She walked into the room, the cup swinging gently like a tutu. âLouie! I got the job.â
âWhat job is that?â
âI told you I was going for a job interview. This is it.â
âThe job is a teacup?â
âItâs a dirty job, but someone has to do it.â She giggled in a way that suggested she wasnât accomplished at telling jokes.
âThatâs true,â I said. âIt wouldnât be Aberystwyth without someone walking up the Prom dressed as a cup.â
âIâm advertising the café on Constitution Hill. They are running a prize draw. I have to hand out tickets. If you put them in the tub in the café, you go into the draw and hopefully buy a cup of tea at the same time. Itâs meant to be a way of drumming up business.â
âCongratulations.â
âYou donât have to pretend. Itâs a crappy job. But Mr Griffiths said if I did it for the month, and increased his sales, he would write me a good reference.â
âA job is a job.â
She let her gaze wander round the room, doing a quiet inventory of my life. She turned to the door and read the words on the frosted-glass top half: âKnight Err Investigations. Youâve lost the âantâ.â
âYes.â
âWhy donât you replace it?â
âBecause I hate it.â
âWhy?â
âItâs a silly conceit. Iâm no knight errant. Just a man doing a job.â
âWhereâs Calamity?â
âHer aunt from Dolgellau has come to visit. Sheâs taken the afternoon off.â
âSo you are free then?â
âAs Iâll ever be.â
âGood! You can come with me as I hand out the tickets.â
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