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    A Home Away From Home and Other Stories
    A Home Away From Home and Other Stories
    A Home Away From Home and Other Stories
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    A Home Away From Home and Other Stories

    By Lynne Roberts

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    These three stories all involve time travel. Brad, Dominic and Jasper all have different experiences but their lives will never be the same again.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLynne Roberts
    Release dateMar 6, 2014
    ISBN9781927241233
    A Home Away From Home and Other Stories
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    Lynne Roberts

    Lynne is a writer, musician, dance teacher and porcelain painter, among other things. She lives on an orchard in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand where she breeds donkeys and collects grandchildren. Lynne has written copious numbers of educational teaching resources from pre-school through to tertiary level. She writes story books and fantasy fiction for children and poetry for children and adults, always with a strong vein of humour. Lynne also writes musicals for which she composes the original music.

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      A Home Away From Home and Other Stories - Lynne Roberts

      A Home Away From Home and Other Stories

      By Lynne Roberts

      Published by Liberty Publications at Smashwords

      Copyright 2014 Lynne Roberts

      ISBN 978-1-927241-23-3

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

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      Contents

      Many Happy Returns

      A Home Away From Home

      The Chime Child

      Many Happy Returns

      'You need to improve your prospects, Dominic. It is very important in life to have good prospects,' advised Uncle Edgar as he reached for the marmalade.

      Dominic watched resentfully as Uncle Edgar liberally spread marmalade on a thick piece of toast that was already dripping with butter. He wasn't exactly sure what prospects were but they were bound to be unpleasant and involve work for him.

      Uncle Edgar was full of good advice. He had moved in with the Garret family several months earlier and from the day he arrived he had seen it as his duty to instruct Dominic. Dominic was not grateful for this. In fact he spent most of his time trying to avoid Uncle Edgar, while complaining bitterly to anyone who would listen, which generally turned out to be Minka the cat.

      ‘I knew he was bad news as soon as he got here,’ Dominic muttered. He started by taking my bedroom,' he added bitterly. 'And what's more, he's still got it.'

      Minka flicked her tail and began daintily licking one of her back paws.

      'But where will I sleep?' Dominic had spluttered when his mother told him to give up his room.

      'I'll put the folding bed up in the laundry for you,' Mrs Garrett said soothingly.

      'It will only be for a couple of nights,' she added hastily as she saw an expression of horror cross her son's face. 'Your Uncle Edgar needs somewhere to stay for a few days while he gets his affairs in order. He's been overseas for such a long time that there is no one else he can stay with.'

      'But the laundry! That’s not even hygienic,' Dominic protested.

      'There's nothing unhygienic about my laundry,' bristled his mother.

      'But it can't be good for me sleeping next to people's dirty washing,' Dominic argued.

      'I'll make sure I keep everything clean and tidy. It will probably be cleaner than your bedroom. Talking of which, you can go and tidy your room up right now so that Uncle Edgar doesn't have to trip over your mess.'

      Dominic had grumbled but did as he was told. That had been six months ago and Uncle Edgar showed no inclination to move on.

      'I'm making inquiries,' he would say airily, if anyone broached the subject of him leaving. 'I have to find the right position for someone with my talent and qualifications. Then I'll get my own place. It's not easy, you know. But at least we are all family together,' he would beam,' ignoring his sister's forced smile and her children's seething resentment.

      'His right position seems to be horizontal on the couch in front of the television,' Anna muttered under her breath.

      Dominic gave a snort of laughter then hastily turned it into a cough as Uncle Edgar's disapproving gaze fell on him.

      Anna did not like Uncle Edgar any more than her brother. At fourteen she considered herself far too old and mature to make a fuss about something she couldn't change so she gave Uncle Edgar the silent treatment. She walked past him as if he wasn't there and refused to reply to any of his remarks or questions. To her annoyance, Uncle Edgar approved of this.

      'Young ladies should be seen and not heard,' he was fond of saying. 'I must say, Lou, that you have brought Anna up very well.'

      Mrs Garrett would smile and accept the compliment while looking askance at Anna. She knew her daughter was sulking but wasn't prepared to instigate a screaming match with her.

      'It's all right for you,' Dominic had moaned as they hastily made their sandwiches one morning. 'Uncle Edgar thinks you are perfect. He thinks I need improvement.'

      'Just ignore him like I do,' Anna shrugged. 'He'll go away eventually.'

      'You're not the one sleeping in the laundry,' Dominic sighed.

      Dominic did not like sleeping in the laundry. He had to admit that there were never piles of dirty washing lying around, but the washing machine appeared to go constantly. It rumbled and whirred in clouds of steam that left all his schoolbooks damp and soggy. But the worst part was the freezer in the corner. That definitely held a monster. Dominic had never seen it but he was sure it was there; lurking beneath the racks of frozen vegetables and unlabelled plastic containers. A monster with long hairy fingers lying in wait to grab an unwary hand and drag it down to the icy depths. Dominic could hear it grumbling and sighing along with the rumble of the motor, and kept as far away from the freezer as he could. Part of him knew that at his age there couldn't possibly be such a thing as a freezer monster,

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