ThAT evening his meal had a definite taint to it. He complained to his landlady who said it was nothing to worry about. "Have lots of gravy on it and any strange taste will be quite faint. Have faith in my cooking - you've enjoyed every other meal I've prepared", she replied.
Kylie was AsTonished at the transformation of the decorative wood tray. "Do you think that's had its quota of stain yet? Thank you for making a lovely job of it.", she said to Ryan. "Actually, it's got another couple of layers to go on before it's done. But I'm glad you like it already.", replied Ryan.
TeResa had set herself quite a task. She had quite a few hazel sticks which she was proceeding to strip. Once she had completed forty sticks she felt she had enough strips of bark to make a decorative torus. But it was all taking longer than she expected and towards the end she had to work by torch light.
"WhAt on earth", exclaimed Dad as the room next door erupted into a noisy pandemonium. "How could a fancy dress party get like this", he pondered as he went in to investigate. All the children were standing on the table screaming their heads off as the mangy stray cat prowled around the room. Dad tied a small hard toy into a knot in his hanky and used it as a weapon to chase the cat outside. The party soon settled down again to laughter, eating and games galore. Mum said to Dad, "I'm glad you were handy to sort out that cat problem - I wouldn't have known what to do".
AT Eight-O-clock Gavin was famished after a hard day's work. He fancied a meaty stake with chips and cauliflower cheese. But his wife had other ideas and served him some Chinese steam buns. Knowing Gavin, his wife said to him "these are more healthy than what you had in mind"!
"And That, my chEeky young fellow, will teach you a lesson", said the stern headmaster, as the cane came cracking down.
ThEy were examining the microwave very carefully. "There mustn't be any chink in the microwave's metallic mesh cage otherwise we could get hurt", said the two women to each other. Once they were satisfied they put a toughened glass jug of water and nuked it on full power. As this was the first time they'd seen a microwave in action, they were both very nosey and their heads almost collided as they got as close as possible to watch. When the water boiled it was almost explosive, making quite a mess. "I think we should unsee that, as it taught us nothing and go and read the instructions instead", said one gloomily to the other. They both hated reading instructions and it took each of them seven times before they felt confident to face the microwave again.
