It is all about paths you know <\/i><\/p>\n
Paths to the beach<\/i><\/p>\n
Paths to the pool <\/i><\/p>\n
Paths through the meadows <\/i><\/p>\n
Paths to school <\/i><\/p>\n
Peter and Petra were walking towards the municipal pool<\/p>\n
On days such as this all things stop <\/i><\/p>\n
Petra watched as a busy insect scurried past them<\/p>\n
Except insects <\/i><\/p>\n
Insects are always busy<\/i><\/p>\n
Peter picked up the insect and placed it safely in the long grass <\/i><\/p>\n
Paths to the river <\/i><\/p>\n
Paths through the woods<\/i><\/p>\n
Paths in the city<\/i><\/p>\n
The insect looked up at Peter<\/p>\n
That will be a difficult rhyme Peter <\/i><\/p>\n
I agree I will leave it half done <\/i><\/p>\n
Where is your sister?
\n<\/i><\/p>\n
She is in the pool<\/i><\/p>\n
Good <\/i><\/p>\n
May I speak to you?<\/i><\/p>\n
Of course<\/i><\/p>\n
I have written a short story<\/i><\/p>\n
What is its title?<\/i><\/p>\n
A Lifeguard <\/i><\/p>\n
Would you read it to me?<\/i><\/p>\n
I have not finished it<\/i><\/p>\n
Stories should not be finished <\/i><\/p>\n
Let the reader decide the ending <\/i><\/p>\n
In the pool in the middle of the city<\/p>\n
Petra swam from end to end using the same technique<\/p>\n
Her symmetry amazed her fellow swimmers<\/p>\n
Peter watched his sister as the insect arranged its story<\/p>\n
Are you ready to listen to my work?<\/i><\/p>\n
Yes<\/i><\/p>\n
Please read it to me <\/i><\/p>\n
The Lifeguard<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
The Fed-Ex truck had paused directly in front of the beach-huts<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Jane was sitting in a red deck-chair
\n<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Near the beach-huts<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n She was reading a book <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n It title was Moby Dick <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Reno was on the beach speaking to three tiny Japanese girls who had been swimming in the dangerous waters directly beneath the lighthouse<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n The truck driver was training to be a lifeguard <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n His name was Peter <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Petra walked toward Peter<\/p>\n She had not dried herself<\/p>\n It seemed that a mist was gathering around her<\/p>\n The other swimmers were still applauding her loudly<\/p>\n Who are you talking to Peter?<\/i><\/p>\n An insect<\/i><\/p>\n Insects cannot talk<\/i><\/p>\n Possibly but I am not an expert on their conversation patterns<\/i><\/p>\n Peter turned to speak to the insect but it had vanished<\/p>\n I think I frightened it away <\/i><\/p>\n No it just wants to be still as it is such a hot day <\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is all about paths you know Paths to the beach Paths to the pool Paths through the meadows Paths to school Peter and Petra were walking towards the municipal pool On days such as this all things stop Petra watched as a busy insect scurried past them Except insects Insects are always busy Peter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}