Anna I have just been to the beach
Yes
We have new beach furniture
I know it was Daddy’s gift to us both
Do you like it
Yes and no
Why no
Because the old beach furniture was part of the beach
It had rusted and aged with the passing years
It was beach worn
I like the new furniture but its newness offends me
Really
Where is the old furniture
In the back garden near the roses
Our green beach
The people next door have told me that their cat is pregnant
How nice
That raises the question of certainties
Explain
It is certain that the cat next door will give birth to a litter of kittens
Obviously
These kittens will as the grow with identical characteristics
They will kill birds
They will deposit dead rodents in the house
They will be totally independent unlike dogs
They will love you and ignore you at the same time
I am totally different to my brother
Even though we share the same mother and father
I am very artistic whereas my brother is an engineer
That would not happen if we were cats in a litter
Your point being
That one can hang from a church spire wearing a boiler suit
With a carrot up your nose for no reason at all
You can do this of your own free will
Whereas a kitten is going to follow the characteristics of other cats
A cat will never think to hang from a church spire wearing a boiler suit
With a carrot up its nose
A cat has no conception of free will
Did your father really buy this beach furniture
No Outlaw did
Why did Outlaw buy this furniture
Because he feels that he was using us to illustrate philosophical points in his fictions
I cannot say that I noticed that
I must say these chairs are larger
At a stretch we could seat six people
Whereas in the past it was just you and I
And Jasmine Tea would have to sit on the rock
I wonder if the people sailing by on the yachts will notice the difference
Maybe
Maybe not
Let us go in now and sit on our new furniture after dark
Why
Because it is said that the Northern Lights have been spotted in southern counties
Really
How exciting
Do you think we will witness them
How long is a piece of string
Outlaw told me he saw The Green Ray last year
Where
Here in Deal
So there is no reason to suppose that we will not see the Northern Lights
Whilst sitting in these new chairs after dark