The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes by Ruth Hogan

Author:Ruth Hogan [Ruth Hogan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781473668997
Publisher: Two Roads
Published: 2018-05-03T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 34

ART

Alice and Mattie

‘Incy wincy spider climbed up the water spout . . .’

It was the first song Mattie had learned at nursery. The veins in Alice’s arms looked like spiders’ legs; black and gnarled and spindly. And they throbbed and ached, weary of the poison pumped through them time and again. But today was a good day. She would take no drugs today. Outside the sun was shining. A spring sun, brittle and bright, but not yet ripe enough to bring any real warmth. Alice was still in her nightdress and her feet were bare as she wandered around the garden trying to remember why she was there. A spider’s web caught in the rosemary bush trembled in the morning breeze. Alice crushed some of the eau de nil leaves between her fingers and breathed in their pungent aroma. She would cook something nice for Mattie’s tea as a surprise. He had football this afternoon (at least, she thought it was this afternoon) and would come home ravenous. The spider was frantically repairing the tear in its web that Alice had made when she had plucked the leaves.

‘Incy, wincy spider climbed up the water spout . . .’

Alice couldn’t remember the rest.

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