Q. What are you
wearing on your feet?
They are dirty. I'm hiding. Got to stay hidden from my
uncle, he's a bad man. Q. Your age?
7. I'm hiding within the chimney with Sam. Q. Who is Sam?
My brother. Q. Sam's age? 4. He's got a tooth missing. Q. Your name?
Don't know. Q. Why are you hiding?
He’s not nice. If Sam and I hide, he won't find us
and we'll be ok. He thinks I'm bad and I'm not bad. Sam's
dead. I can't get out. Q. Whose house?
My mother works here.
Next I'm in a garden
eating apples, a bit green, but you mustn't waste it.
Blowing Bubbles
Luigi Bechi
Q. Whose
garden?
Don't know his name. I've got a brother and a
swing. Q. What does your mother do?
Vegetables, got a funny hat, frilly. I can see
a yellow butterfly. Q. When did you last see your dad?
Can't remember, he drives a cart, don't like him
because he whips the horse.
Q. Describe the house?
Go down a path, not so good, like a hut. I don't
like it because it's dark and smells. I've got
a box. I'm 7 and Sam is 5. Q. Your name? Q. What does Sam call you?
Silly. Q. What does
your mum call you?
Oye. Q. How often do you see your father?
Not often. That's good, never liked him. Q. How do you spend your day?
On the swing and think. Mum says thinking is dangerous.
Mum spends her day peeling vegetables. Doesn't wash her
hands much. I play in the garden, nice flowers in the
woods. Not allowed near the nice flowers. There's another
girl, Helen. She lives in the big house. I can't go there
because I'm dirty. I could look at pictures in books,
learn to read, but they won't let me. I've got a box.
I can fit in the box. We've got a fireplace. We cook in
a pot on a stiff string. She's got a spoon and makes soup.
Puts dead things in it. Q. Where is the nearest town?
Don't know. There is a farmer over the way. Q. What is your first meal?
Apple and carrots. Q. Next meal?
Soup when it's getting dark. Q. What is the name of the people in the big
house?
Whalley. Mum tells me what I can and can't eat. Some wood
burns, some is green. Fish, can catch fish. The land -
different grass, bluebells come in April.
Q.
What clothes do you wear?
Sacks. Q. Where do your clothes come from?
Mum brings them. Wear them till they fall off. Q. What are mum's coins called?
Pennies and halfpennies, little silly things, they
are lumpy. Dad takes them. He sometimes works for
the big house or anyone who will have him. My brother
is not simple, just shy.
Feeding Time
Lejeune, Eugene Joseph
1818 - 1897
Q. Any friends?
Mary and her kids, Tom. Loads of ploughed fields.
We pinch potatoes. Q. Who rules the country?
King George. Q. How do you light a fire? Matches sometimes or just with sticks. We have
chickens but they only lay little eggs. Lumpy grass.
Terrible stuff.
Next A silver box
has been stolen by dad. Sam dies in the chimney.
Q. Anyone from
that lifetime that you know in this one?
Sam is Andrew. Mum is mum. Dad is dad. John was Peter
(a little boy). Q. What did you aim to achieve?
Responsibility. Q. What did you achieve?
Compassion. Saw was my first angel. With an angel pulling,
got to go upstairs. Q. Any previous lifetimes?
Not sure, ?.
Fig tree, warm, a nice place. Q. Who else is there?
Bad sod (?!). My guide. Q. Do you have a name for me?
Nolo. Find God. Name was a flower (?) Is my name Nolo?
Soul name perhaps?
