Two Intelligent Uncles Chatting to the Beat

A Short Story

by Zurys A Feplo, LQE

M

orwenna Khan looked at the ripped hawk in her hands and felt sad.

She walked over to the window and reflected on her wild surroundings. She had always loved noisy Liverpool with its nosy, nice nooks. It was a place that encouraged her tendency to feel sad.

Then she saw something in the distance, or rather someone. It was the figure of Sally England. Sally was an intelligent painter with ruddy lips and hairy eyelashes.

Morwenna gulped. She glanced at her own reflection. She was a stable, malicious, tea drinker with ruddy lips and grubby eyelashes. Her friends saw her as a villainous, vigilant vicar. Once, she had even jumped into a river and saved a mighty toddler.

But not even a stable person who had once jumped into a river and saved a mighty toddler, was prepared for what Sally had in store today.

The drizzle rained like thinking gerbils, making Morwenna puzzled.

As Morwenna stepped outside and Sally came closer, she could see the gentle glint in her eye.

Sally gazed with the affection of 8222 virtuous high horses. She said, in hushed tones, “I love you and I want equality.”

Morwenna looked back, even more puzzled and still fingering the ripped hawk. “Sally, you must think I was born yesterday,” she replied.

They looked at each other with shocked feelings, like two low, lonely lizards smiling at a very stupid wake, which had orchestral music playing in the background and two intelligent uncles chatting to the beat.

Morwenna studied Sally's ruddy lips and hairy eyelashes. Eventually, she took a deep breath. “I’m sorry,” began Morwenna in apologetic tones, “but I don’t feel the same way, and I never will. I just don’t love you Sally.”

Sally looked barmy, her emotions raw like a hungry, hurt hat.

Morwenna could actually hear Sally’s emotions shatter into 465 pieces. Then the intelligent painter hurried away into the distance.

Not even a cup of tea would calm Morwenna’s nerves tonight.

THE END