Parrot in the Pepper Tree by Chris Stewart

Author:Chris Stewart [Stewart, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780956003812
Publisher: Sort Of Books
Published: 2002-01-02T08:00:00+00:00

When I returned from this literary trip, which included a few book-signings in local shops as well looking up my old sheep-farming friends, Ana and Chloë checked me closely for signs of uppity-ness. Chloë enjoyed hearing me recount how I had signed books for complete strangers in bookshops but seemed anxious that I might have become changed in some subtle, irreversible way.

I knew what she meant. Interest in authors struck me as being a fleeting, giddy-making thing. The phone rang, and in proof of how suggestible I’d become, I picked it up expecting it to be a journalist pressing for an interview. Instead it was José Guerrero, my shearing partner.

‘YOU’RE BACK FROM OVER THERE. GOOD,’ he shouted. ‘TOMORROW WE’RE GOING SHEEP-SHEARING!’

‘No we’re not. I’ve just this minute got home.’

‘NO MATTER, THESE SHEEP HAVE GOT TO BE DONE. SEE YOU AT FIVE-THIRTY IN RAMÓN’S BAR.’

‘Look, I don’t want to go shearing tomorrow; I’ve already been away and now I want to get to know my family again.’

‘I’M COUNTING ON YOU, CRISTOBAL. YOU CAN GET TO KNOW YOUR FAMILY ON THURSDAY.’

‘Why can’t you shear them yourself?’

But it was too late; the other end of the line was dead.

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