Imagine if you will, Mim playing over at Margaret's. Then Margaret saying to her, "Mim behave yourself while I take the rubbish out."
Margaret took the rubbish out the back, put it in the bins and wheeled them around the front for collection. Then returned around the back .... to find the back door closed. She tried opening it to find the chain had been put on. "Jemima, undo the chain"! Mim couldn't. Margaret couldn't fit her arm around to unlock it.
Imagine Margaret having to climb through the kitchen window to get back in the house (good thing she's so skinny), growling "Mim, I'm going to get you for this." Imagine Margaret having to put one foot in the sink to safely dismount .... but the sink still had water in it!!!!!
I know I shouldn't be laughing - so much could have gone wrong. Margaret could have broken her legs or hips - she is 77! But the mental picture is just too much. Apparently this week was "one of those weeks" for Mim.
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It's moments like those that make us grateful for grandparents. I often wonder how my mother copes. She always looks exhausted but says "we had a fantastic day today the two of us".
Margaret told me the rest of the story on the weekend. Apparently, as she was climbing through the window saying "Mim, I'm going to get you", Mim was running down the hallway saying "You can't get me" and then hid in the bedroom!
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