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| What she would have wanted | |
| By MikeMorris | ||||||||||||||||
| 24 September 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
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Moira looked down at her mother’s still young looking face, wreathed in a peaceful smile. “Good-bye, Mum,” she whispered through the tears she struggled to hold back. She turned to Alec, her brother. “ At least she went the way she would have wanted. Not knowing a thing about it. Cycling home down the lane from the library, as she did every Thursday. Doctor Muir says she wouldn’t have felt a thing. One second ringing her bell, the next hearing the bells of Heaven. “ She sighed, “Beautifully put I thought.” She dabbed at her eyes. “I’ll need to take those books back,” muttered Alec. “Or we might be charged an overdue fine. I’d best read them first, though.” “By the way, Moira, we’ll need to talk about the arrangements.” “Oh, I’ll leave all that to you. I’ll be back for the funeral of course, but you see to the rest.” Alec gave a half smile, “I’ve already put a notice in The Mercury” Moira remembered, with a nostalgic smile the local paper. “Oh really? Can I see it? Alec lifted a newspaper from the sideboard and gave it her. “There it is,” he said, ”Open at the right page.” He pointed with his finger. Moira read the obituary and, in spite of the situation, began hitting her brother with the paper. “Whatever has come over you?” he asked. “You …you….thing!” she gasped. “Why have you said that?” “Well, when I ‘phoned up and asked the price the young lady said the charge was 4 words for a pound. So I said to her, ‘ In that case will you please put the following: ‘ Annie Brown has died’. Then she said that that seemed a bit short and I could have another 4 words for free. So I added the last bit. ‘ Ladies Bike For Sale’ Don’t you like it? I think it’s what Mum would have wanted”
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