Foibles

He had been home from school awhile and was engrossed in a large illustrated book.

He was in his room, lying on his bed, immersed in a world atlas. He had a geography class tomorrow. It was one of his favourite subjects. His mother was in the kitchen getting tea. His father would be home from work shortly. His grandfather, now living with them, was in the living room reading the paper. Feeling bored, he threw down the paper and clambered up out of the armchair. Moments later, he unexpectedly went into the boy’s room, where he found his grandson looking through the book. The old man sat down on the edge of the bed. Peering at the open page, he pointed to a shipping canal.

“We three brothers dug that out for them,” he said, with a great deal of pride.

“Really?”

“Yes. Me, your uncle Tim and uncle Rob; a joint effort that was.”

“Is that right?”

“Oh yes. A major project that was, I can tell you. Took the best part of a year, that did.”

The old man stood up abruptly, nodded seriously and left the room. Returning to his chair, he picked the paper up and went back to his reading.

The boy sighed and went through to the kitchen.

“Mum,” he started, “Grandad’s telling lies again.”

“I know, dear. I wouldn’t worry about it.” She smiled. “It’s just a foible.”

“What’s that?”

“It’s a sort of flaw in his nature.”

“Still, he shouldn’t lie like that, should he?”

“No. You’re right, he shouldn’t.”

“I’ll ask dad what he thinks, when he gets home.”

“Probably not a good idea, pet.”

“Why not?”

“He suffers from the same thing!”

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