Maelwen was sitting on a bench at the railway station reading a book of poems by Charles Kingsley<\/p>\n
Her train was not due for an hour<\/p>\n
Or maybe two<\/p>\n
She lived in Ash Vale with Roger Roger and Anna<\/p>\n
It was a pleasant house<\/p>\n
Roger Roger and Anna were at that very moment counting Brillo Pads that they had stolen earlier that day<\/p>\n
Maelwen knew that they each had cameras attached to their chests which at the command of an eye would record an image<\/p>\n
She removed her shirt and looked at her chest which did not have a camera attached<\/p>\n
A businessman sat next to her<\/p>\n
Sir why do I not have a camera attached to my chest as my siblings do why am I so different <\/i><\/p>\n
I can see not camera but you have a beauty that they do not possess <\/i><\/p>\n
Do you know my siblings sir <\/i><\/p>\n
Of course I do I am your father <\/i><\/p>\n
Will you then read me this poem <\/i><\/p>\n
My train is due <\/i><\/p>\n
If your train is due would you then just read the first verse to me <\/i><\/p>\n
Oh blessed drums of Aldershot
\nOh blessed South-West train
\nOh blessed blessed Speakers clock
\nAll prophesying rain <\/i><\/p>\n
The businessman\u2019s train arrived and he kissed Maelwen on the forehead and boarded the nearest carriage<\/p>\n
Maelwen waved as the train left for London<\/p>\n
Roger Roger and Anna had also removed their shirts and were photographing each other<\/p>\n
Anna posed by the beds of flowers that brightened up a nearby roundabout whilst her brothers posed next to the railway<\/p>\n
Maelwen\u2019s train is late <\/i><\/p>\n
It never runs <\/i><\/p>\n
Never on a Tuesday <\/i><\/p>\n
Ashamed that she did not have a camera attached to her chest Maelwen had put her shirt back on and was pacing the stations long platform<\/p>\n
It was a hot day<\/p>\n
There were no clouds in the shy<\/p>\n
Rain was not expected<\/p>\n
On the opposite platform a train arrived and Maelwen was surprised to see only chimpanzees alighting both white and black<\/p>\n
They massed on the platform and caused a great deal of mischief<\/p>\n
Do not worry Maelwen they will not hurt you at all they know no other behaviour <\/i><\/p>\n
A voice came from behind Maelwen<\/p>\n
She turned and saw a man with quite prominent features<\/p>\n
Then why am I so different to my sibling\u2019s sir <\/i><\/p>\n
You are more advanced as we are against these unfortunate creatures <\/i><\/p>\n
I have no camera attached to my chest <\/i><\/p>\n
You are not in need of a camera<\/i><\/p>\n
Please explain your argument sir <\/i><\/p>\n
You say that your siblings have cameras attached to their chests so that they may take photographs at will<\/i><\/p>\n
They do<\/i><\/p>\n
And that you do not have this facility<\/i><\/p>\n
Yes I have my breasts but no camera to join them<\/i><\/p>\n
Do you desire a camera<\/i><\/p>\n
Well in truth I think they look a little odd and my siblings do get stares from the uneducated <\/i><\/p>\n
You have your answer Maelwen \u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
I am still confused <\/i><\/p>\n
Do you think that these primates could have built the train that they have just travelled on or this splendid station<\/i><\/p>\n
No<\/i><\/p>\n
They can do only the most simple of tasks like picking insects from their fur if you look over there one of them now lies dead as it did not have the sense to move from the railway lines <\/i><\/p>\n
But my siblings do have sense they would not stand in front of trains <\/i><\/p>\n
I agree they are not like the primates but they differ to you <\/i><\/p>\n
I love each of them <\/i><\/p>\n
Your love is not in question it is an abstract emotion the fact is that you are more advanced than them <\/i><\/p>\n
Became I do not have a camera <\/i><\/p>\n
Exactly <\/i><\/p>\n
There was a great man many generations ago who wrote of this I suggest that you visit your nearest book seller and purchase his book <\/i><\/p>\n
I will <\/i><\/p>\n
Another train approached the platform and the man with prominent features began to herd the errant primates into order so that they might enter the carriages safely<\/p>\n
It was then that Maelwen noticed that her book had been stolen<\/p>\n
She searched the nearby area but found no trace of her blue book<\/p>\n
It was as the train left the station that she noticed that one of the chimpanzees was standing the carriage window ripping the pages from her book<\/p>\n
Do not be alarmed my dear as the destruction of the book it likely to be the summit of that primates ambition <\/i><\/p>\n
The man with the prominent features was leaning dangerously out of the carriage window<\/p>\n
Just think only the violence of his actions shocked you<\/i><\/p>\n
Only the violence shocked me <\/i><\/p>\n
Within the hour Maelwen\u2019s train had arrived and she travelled home without regret<\/p>\n
That night Roger Roger and Anna were making patterns on their bedroom ceilings by using the flash of their cameras<\/p>\n
They told\u00a0Maelwen<\/p>\n
to lie on her back and to see if she could engage in their light display<\/p>\n
Although she tried hard nothing happened<\/p>\n
This was a frequent jest<\/p>\n
That they all enjoyed<\/p>\n
Later that night as she lay looking at the dark celling Maelwen began to understand what the man with the prominent features had explained to her and why he had been condemned to travel with hordes of chimpanzees for the rest of eternity<\/p>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
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