The Tender Moments of Saffron Silk by Glenda Millard

Author:Glenda Millard
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2012-03-13T16:00:00+00:00

7. Different Ways of Looking

Saffron had never owned a teddy bear. She had Barney instead. But sheep, even well-behaved ones, were not permitted in the doctor’s rooms. Saffron knew from experience that no amount of pleading or waving ‘sheep have feelings too’ placards in the waiting room had any effect on Colleen. Last time, Colleen had said, in a shouty sort of voice, ‘If I let Barney in, Blue will expect to come in as well! This is a doctor’s surgery, Saffron, not a vet’s.’

This time, Saffron couldn’t be bothered arguing with Colleen, so she came in jeans and her old woolly jumper, which was the next best thing to having Barney in the room.

Just as Layla said, Doctor Larsson had a torch. But it wasn’t for shining into ears. It was an ophthalmoscope and the doctor explained it was used for looking into people’s eyes. Saffron didn’t care what fancy name the doctor gave his torch. She didn’t want to know anything about his world of medicine, illness and instruments. Hers was a joyful world of imagination, discovery, books, myths, legends, magic and grandmotherly wiseness. And that was how she wanted it to stay.

She told herself that when Doctor Larsson shone his tiny torch through the windows of her mind he’d see a universe inside. Her universe, and every part of it would be beautiful. There would be colour and movement. The doctor would be amazed. He would see all the stories Saffron had ever read, all the songs she’d sung, the laughter heard, the tears cried, the hands held. All her tender moments would shimmer there in the dark as brilliantly as the moon and stars she saw when she slept with her brothers and sisters in their tree house.

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