Not Thomas by Sara Gethin

Author:Sara Gethin
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-909983-63-2
Publisher: Honno Press
Published: 2017-05-24T04:00:00+00:00

I am up in my bed. I’m waiting for Mammy to come home. I’m waiting and waiting. I’m waiting for her to put my ladder back. So I can go to the toilet. And I’m thinking about a letter I would write to Nanno. A letter I would write if I had some paper. And a pencil. I’m saying Dear Nanno, How are you? I am well. I have been litter picking all week. I have been doing it instead of having playtime. I have been doing it because Sir told me to. Because Mrs Pugh Year Two didn’t like my dancing. I have been doing it with Malky but we are not allowed to go near the vegetable patch because Malky eats worms. I like litter picking. I get to use the pinchy thing. Wes wants to litter pick too because he wants to use the pinchy thing. He took it off me on the first day and he tried to pinch some girls with it. And Miss caught him and gave him a row and now he’s not allowed to take my pinchy thing. And he’s not allowed to come near me when I am litter picking. And he’s not allowed to talk to me. It’s very nice litter picking. I think you would like it too. Do you have to do litter picking in Heaven? Love, Tomos xxx P.S. I wish I had one of your lovely dinners. They are yum yum yummy. Mammy doesn’t make dinners like your dinners. Sometimes she makes chips and sometimes she makes fish fingers with them and sometimes she makes beans but most of the time I have blue packets of crisps for dinner and I don’t like the blue packets very much.

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I am in class and I’m helping Miss with her sandwiches. All the other children have gone home but Kaylee hasn’t. She’s watching telly with me. She’s eating a chocolate biscuit. It’s the one from Miss’s packed lunch. I have shared it with her.

Miss is talking to Kaylee’s mammy. ‘Oh, your poor mum, Karen. How long do you think you’ll be looking after her?’

‘I told her we’ll stay for all of the Easter holidays,’ Kaylee’s mammy says. ‘Until school starts again.’

‘That’s good,’ Miss says. ‘It’ll give her a chance to get sorted.’

‘Yeah,’ Kaylee’s mammy says. ‘Not that she’s grateful. She says it’s not long enough. The thing is, I’m a bit worried cos…’ She’s looking over at Kaylee and me. ‘I won’t be able to keep an eye on the house.’ Her voice has gone very quiet.

‘I’m going away as well,’ Miss says. Her voice is very quiet too. It’s hard to hear her. ‘Colin says we need a holiday. He’s booked us two weeks in the Lake District. I really don’t want to go, but he says I’m stressed.’ Miss is laughing. Her laugh sounds very sad. ‘I’m even more stressed at the thought of going away and not being able to check on…’ She’s looking at me and Kaylee.

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