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The Little Sparrow

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“Maybe,” says Margaret, “when you see this place you’ll understand. It’s like Club Med! There’s a heated pool and a rec centre and a cocktail bar and everything. They have 24-hour room service!”

Andrew guffaws. “A cocktail bar? At a nursing home? What’s next? Happy Hour?”

"It's not a ‘nursing home,' Andrew, dear. It's a ‘Retirement Destination.'"

“A what?”

“It’s all about marketing, you see? Kids don’t feel half as bad sending their decrepit parents off to a ‘holiday club’.”

“Still. A cocktail bar?”

“Judy, do you see now why I can’t live with you two? I’m 86 bloody years old—”

“Language!” scolds Andrew.

"As I was saying, I'm 86 BLOODY years old, and if I want to spend the days swearing and drinking Pimm's and playing bloody strip poker, then I will do it WITHOUT the disapproving glare from the very boy whose bare bottom I used to smack for stealing my menthol cigarettes."

"That does sound quite lovely, Marge. If Andrew gets too strict with me, I shall come and spend a few days with you. We can drink cocktails together. Although I’m not sure about the strip poker 
”

Margaret pats Judy on the shoulder. “We all have our boundaries, dear.”

“Some fewer than others,” Andrew murmurs.