Monday, 1 June 2009

 

Hide 'n' Seek

The kids run through the trees in the hidden gardens. One of them left behind, behind the brick wall, where the hot houses are, counting at the top of her voice. As the others scatter, diving behind bushes, disappearing round to the island, making for the gazebo in the woods, hiding behind walls. One trailing, a tottering girl child shouting - wait for me! As the others vanish into their hiding places. The boys wear t-shirts and shorts, or short sleeved shirts hanging baggy. The girls in sleeveless summer dresses. The youngest of a group of three sisters wears orange, with stripes, and white leggings, her hair tied in two buns. The second wears green with black leggings, her hair tied in a tail. The oldest is wild and free and grown up, she wears a short red dress that billows with her movement, white polka dots across it, her hair flying free, bare legs, she canters like a wild foal as she gallops with the delight of summer.

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