Friday, 4 October 2013

He went and handed that tray to him. "I've got a coffee and tea here for both of you, which is which"? He said. Gilbert raised his hand and said, "Tea's for me coffee is for Oliver here". With all that sorted, the policeman took his leave to pass out the rest of the trays to the other prisoners. Mr Finleyson said to Gilbert, "What have we got to eat, lets see." They both removed the foil which was wrapped around the tray. To their surprise, there was Shepherd's pie, new potatoes, corn, bread and butter and some rhubarb crumble. It all looked very appetising. They were both starving. Mr Finleyson looked at his watch as he did not know if it was light or dark out, as the cell had no windows. His watch read 7:00 p.m. No wonder he was so hungry. He set the tray down to lift Martha off his lap so he could eat. He would set her down next to him on the wooden bench. He picked her up and it startled her awake. She turned and looked at him indignantly and hissed right at him. Mr Finleyson said to Martha, "It's only until I finish eating. How about some bread and fresh corn, would you like that"? Martha loved to share Mr Finleyson's food as it tasted better than the feed her and the other hens got to eat. Mr Finleyson turned to Gilbert and said, "This food is surprisingly good and it's free. Can't get any better then that!" Then he chuckled and continued, "People pay good money for food this good at fancy restaurants and we get it for nothing! We should get arrested more often. A warm place to sleep, Martha at my side, entertainment and good food. What more can you ask for Gilbert"? Gilbert jokingly replied, "My own bed"! Mr Finleyson began to divide up the corn, bread and some crumble for Martha. He set the food for her down on the wooden seat. She dived right in, pecking at it like she had never seen food before! She was so excited she began to sway from side time side as she ate. She already had a little bowl of water which a policeman had provided earlier. She ate her food in record time and looked up at Mr Finleyson accusingly!

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