Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Sense of smell too

Seeking solace in my spiritual home - a local boutique hotel - I saw some english writing belonging to one of the bar staff. I asked her if I could see it & embarrassed she immediately hid it under the bar.

What was the writing for? I pursued. It was a homework piece for English class I was told coyly.

Then I found out where she studied & I told her my friend went to the same school & had just gone up to the level above her. As I have become an English homework specialist I asked which one she was doing. "About smell" she informed me.

I know this one I exclaimed - you have to write about a smell & what memory it is linked to. What are you writing about? I probed to her increasing discomfort. "Jasmine fragrance & my childhood garden"

Oh... I was stopped in my tracks.

Was there something the matter? She enquired.

How old are you? I asked for clarification.

20.

My friend is 15 years older than you, when he did this same homework he wrote about the smell of blood & a mine explosion.

She smiled politely & asked me if I would like another beer.



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