STRANGE GOINGS ON!

 Charlie finds that someone's left the back door wide open! and in this cold weather !

He thinks he'd best go check outside...

Looking up the path he sees Percy and Erik with what looks like Mum's big tapestry frame

" Hey! Boys what's happening? " he calls

Percy and Erik jump and turn round quickly, then relax when they see it's just Charlie

"Oh hi Charlie, we are just going down to dad's workshop " Percy calls back

"But what are you doing with mum's frame? "

Suddenly Percy starts to look a little red faced " Hum arr " he suddenly grins " we are putting it away for her, she won't need it for a while yet!"

" Well are you sure , I think she's nearly finished that carpet thing " Charlie puzzles

" No no" agrees Erik from behind Percy at the head of the frame " She will need a nice rest after that before she tackles anything else, right Percy? "

" Right Erik, Mum's eyes will need a good few years to recover " he laughs

" yes at least another eighteen or so " Erik states joining in with Percy's laughter

" I think her eyes are fine, she's got glasses and that magnifying light things, she could sew your intestines back in place with that thing" answers Charlie 

Percy decides to tell Charlie just what they are up to " We are hiding it back in the workshop or we will be ignored for months! "

" Yes, she's obsessed and we are really just helping to break that cycle " agrees Erik " and if you want to g and get some of the other boys to help us get it there, that would be great, it's taken twenty minutes just to get this far!"

" I don't know " Charlie says " that's not really fair to mum "

" Oh come on Charlie, if she seems upset we'll 'find' it again for her but you know mum out of sight out of mind" Percy pleads

Charles waits a moment considering then " Okay, I'll go see who about to help but just so you know if she asks me if I've seen it, I'm not lying!" Then he turns back to the house before calling over his shoulder " you do know she's got no idea where the rest of that kit is? So she's not finishing any time soon!" then he's gone.

Percy and Erik, stand looking at each other digesting Charlies words, sighing Percy motions to Erik to pick up the frame but this time head back to the house with Percy muttering " She'll probably just buy more wool !"