Willem is
a good boy.
Today, Willem is going to
be a good boy. Do you know why? That’s right – Willem has been in a spot of trouble recently, hasn’t he?
See the hospital records. He is going to stay at home today and do lots of household jobs. Yvonne is going out to lunch with
her friend Melanie.
See Willem frown. Willem
does not like Melanie very much. He thinks she is a bit blousy. Do you know what ‘loose’ means?
Yvonne finishes getting ready.
“I’m off now,”
she says. “I hope that you’ll behave yourself whilst I am gone.”
Willem says that he will.
Yvonne walks into town. This
is because she might have a very small glass of wine with her lunch. It is very naughty to drive after a drink, isn’t
it?
She gets to the restaurant
just before one o’ clock. The restaurant is called ‘The Meat ‘n Plaice’. This is called a play on
words. Isn’t it funny?
A few minutes later Melanie
arrives. They say hello to each other and go into the restaurant where they have a table booked. The waiter brings them a
menu and asks if they would like a drink.
Melanie says “Yes please”
and they order a bottle of wine each. Melanie watches him walk away. She likes him.
They look at the menu. Melanie
says to Yvonne that she is going to try the special of the day. It is roast pork cooked in a cider sauce. Doesn’t that
sound good?
Yvonne says that she will
try it too. Melanie says that as well as sage and onion stuffing it comes with a spicy pepper dressing.
“I won’t have
that,” she says, “It’s too strong.” Yvonne agrees.
The waiter comes to the table
with the wine and asks to take their order. When he has written it down he says that it will be cooked as quickly as possible
but they are very busy. Melanie and Yvonne do not mind. They have lots to talk about and lots of wine.
After a long time the food
arrives. It is delicious and they eat as quickly as they can. When they have finished they order Irish coffee and then there
is a tragic accident. As he pours the cream onto the coffee the waiter drops the jug. What a mess. He apologises.
As they are drinking their
coffee Yvonne notices that Melanie is looking elsewhere. She asks what she can see. Melanie is looking at a man.
“He is very good looking,”
she says. Yvonne agrees and asks Melanie why he is wearing a uniform. She says that he is from the naval college.
A few minutes later dozens
of his college chums arrive. They have finished their courses and are having a party. What fun.
Melanie wants to stay, but
Yvonne wants to go home so they leave.
When Yvonne gets home she
catches Willem upstairs with the vacuum cleaner. “What are you doing?” she says.
Willem says that while she
was gone he has washed up, fixed a window with a loose hinge and thought it would help if he put the cleaner round.
Yvonne is very pleased.
“Did you have a nice
time,” Willem asks.
“Oh yes,” says
Yvonne. “It was fantastic. Melanie thought that the waiter was very nice and told him that she couldn’t wait to
get some hot pork in cider. So I thought I would like it as well. I told him that we both just wanted stuffing. He said he
would do his best for us but we could expect it to take a long time. We were very happy. His pork was fantastic and I gobbled
as much of it as I could. Then he splashed cream everywhere. There was seamen wherever you looked. Melanie was keen to stay
but I had had enough. Perhaps we could go there together one day. I’m sure that you would like it as well.”
See Willem staring.
Do you know what ‘lost
for words’ means. Willem does.
