Martha asked,
What is it Granny?
I'm afraid we have to go to Sainsbury's.
Evie said,
That's good news for us.
Why?
We like Sainsbury's. There's something there that we want.
I'm sure!
As we drove there I said,
It's Bert. He wants me to get naan bread. Sure it would be no trouble for me. Aren't I in the town already. Not that he'd ever do food shopping if he was in town!
Martha says,
I know Granny! I've asked him to take us to Sainsbury's about five million times and he never ever does.
We arrive. I ask,
So what is it you want?
Vampire teeth. There's a machine. You put a pound coin in and there are lots of things you can choose.
I gave them a pound each and sent them off and began shopping.
I bought naan bread.
Onion bhajis.
A sports bra.
A blouse.
Buns.
Jam tarts.
Some pears.
The girls found me. They did not have vampire teeth as the machine had run out of them. Martha had bought a squishy orange thing that looked very flimsy and Evie had some metallic slime.
On the way out I realised I'd forgotten to buy wine but decided that was probably a good thing.
The journey home was very quiet as the girls played with their squishy, slimy objects. As soon as we got home they raced out to play on the trampoline and that was pretty much the last I saw of them.
I said to Bert,
Martha told me she asked you to take her to Sainsbury's five million times and you never would.
That's right, I never did take them to Sainsbury's.
Did you know that there is a vending machine there where a child can insert a pound coin and receive a piece of complete crap?
Yeah. What did they get? Vampire teeth?
Hopeless at going to Sainsbury's but makes a good climbing frame.
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