Fifty-Four Pigs by Philipp Schott

Author:Philipp Schott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ECW Press
Published: 2022-04-19T00:00:00+00:00

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“How was your afternoon off?” Laura called to him from the kitchen. Peter could smell ratatouille. He loved ratatouille, although there were several years where he couldn’t face it because they had made it far too often. Absence makes both the heart and the stomach grow fonder.

“Good! Pippin did really well. I’m sure he’ll qualify for the Worlds this year.”

Laura made a positive non-verbal noise.

“And I found something peculiar in the Jarvinen Forest.” More lies. He couldn’t stomach two people yelling at him today. Kevin might tell her about their encounter at Tom’s, but there was no possible upside to explaining everything about the paper to her.

“Oh?”

“It’s nothing, just a scrap of paper, so I picked it up to get rid of litter and then saw an unfamiliar script and was curious. Any idea?”

Laura dried her hands, took the paper from Peter and held it directly under one of the spotlights that illuminated the countertops.

“Hangul,” she said immediately.

“Hangul?”

“Korean alphabet. I think it has 24 letters. It’s supposed to be very logical.”

“Huh. No idea what it says, though, eh?” Peter chuckled.

“Not the foggiest.” She handed it back to him. “If you’re dying of curiosity you could check with Anne Shin. Her parents are from Korea and I’m sure she still speaks it.”

“Anne Shin?”

“You know, the principal of the elementary school.”

“Right, married to Bill Nurmi. They used to bring a pair of cats to the clinic, but they were under his name.”

“Yup, that’s the one.” Laura turned back to her cooking and said, over her shoulder, “Dinner will be another half hour.”

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