Lillith and Danby sat on the grass of the shallow cliff counting poppies<\/p>\n
In parts the cliff had broken away leaving gaps amongst the sloping vegetation<\/p>\n
Both women were aware of these gaps but nonetheless sat dangerously close to the hidden voids<\/p>\n
Lillith was wearing a red cotton dress of the modernist style<\/p>\n
Danby was wearing a blue cotton dress of the modernist style<\/p>\n
Neither woman noticed the remarkable cloud formations that were beginning to form above the weathered church<\/p>\n
They counted the poppies around them randomly often counting the same poppy twice<\/p>\n
One-Two-Three-Four-Five<\/p>\n
Six-Seven-Eight-Nine-Ten<\/p>\n
Both women stopped counting at ten as they considered it unlucky to count more than ten poppies in one sitting<\/p>\n
They were both thirty-five years old having been born in the same town on the same day and in the same bed<\/p>\n
Nearby Elizabeth stood next to her grandparents<\/p>\n
She was wearing a yellow cotton dress of the modernist style<\/p>\n
Elizabeth was thirty-six<\/p>\n
Unlike Lillith and Danby she was aware of the cloud formations and was not at all perturbed when her grandparents were carried off by one of the lower clouds<\/p>\n
Soon Elizabeth was lifted up by a dense cloud<\/p>\n
She found herself floating high above the shallow cliffs<\/p>\n
Her yellow cotton dress of the modernist style was altering its shape and was growing quite pale<\/p>\n
She had also grown small green wings which fluttered rapidly in the upper winds<\/p>\n
In her right hand she held a tin of mustard powder which she sprinkled carefully over the resort<\/p>\n
Lillith and Danby had begun counting the poppies again and ignoring their superstitions had progressed beyond twenty<\/p>\n
They both noticed that the day had become considerably warmer even though there was a noticeable breeze coming in from the sea<\/p>\n
They decided to take a paddle to cool down and taking the chalky cliff path they soon found themselves paddling in the refreshing sea<\/p>\n
On the cliffs above Elizabeth stood next to her grandparents<\/p>\n
She was counting the many poppies around her station<\/p>\n
This was a solitary occupation<\/p>\n
Lillith and Danby were now paddling in the deeper waters and the gentle waves were beginning to dampen the hems of their cotton dresses<\/p>\n
They were\u00a0 surrounded by a large number of smooth grey pebbles<\/p>\n
The women began counting these small grey pebbles<\/p>\n
One-Two-Three-Four-Five-Six-Seven-Eight-Nine-Ten<\/p>\n
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