R u r a l p e a c e is s h a t t e r e d b y a n
a l i e n t e e n a g e S o r c e BR ING a friend,
we said. She did. During 10 days our home was invaded by an alien teenage force the like of which we had never p r e v i o u s l y encountered.
Within hours of-
Sara’s arrival, we realised we were h e a d in g fo r a n interesting week, w r i t e s V i v i e n
Meath. “Gregarious” was
the description gen erally applied to her by those who were in the know.
Sociable, party-
minded, lively, con vivial — she was certainly all those! She told us she
was “loud” during dinner.
Two hours later,
as she draped her self across the win dow ledge, her ear firmly attached to our telephone, we had to agree and gloom b egan to descend.
That evening she
arrived downstairs partially clad in a see-through shirt which would have done justice to the Riviera but, as my husband and teen age son looked up, did a lot more for t h e i r b l o o d pressure.
On her second
day, she set off for the “village” — our home town a mile
,and a half away via the fields.
On her return she
produced a kit con taining streaking solution and, re-ac quainting herself with the bathroom, re-emerged several hours later. In her
wake were towels which proceeded to go blotchy and, as we la te r d isc o v e re d , a m a jo r plumbing problem. • In. what was left
ENOUGH to make you tear your hair out? A visiting teenager could just be the final straw!
of the afternoon, we suggested visiting a local agricultural show. Instead, our teenagers opted for a visit to Burnley. W e w e n t w i t h them. By now we had decided it was hardly wise to let S a ra out of our sight.
That evening my
husband took both girls to hire a video. “The Delinquents” was their choice; quite appropriate in
.view of what was yet to come.
Sunday found our
two 14-year-olds in their sleeping bags in the lounge. Sara was “arranged” on the se t te e , her freshly streaked hair draped over the arm, while our other guest teen had to be content with the floor.
It was a huge rat,
they said, which had disturbed their slumbers in the tent. It was, in fact, our hedgehog, hav ing, we suspect, a good time!
Y o rk was our
destination that day. We set off late, hit a traffic jam and five minutes into
the Castle Museum, lost the p air of them.
The telephone
was, of course, f l a s h in g as we arrived home. Was it a call for us? No, calls were stacked up for Sara.
A bull, cleverly
placed in a nearby field by our neigli- bouring farmer, put a definite end to camping on the second day of their visit.
They moved into
m y d a u g h t e r ’ s b e d r o om . Sh e moved out into the tent.
W e t o ok our
teens ice skating, and she flirted with every male in sight.
A visit to the
Lake District — she fell into the lake and attached her self to the boatmen ;— all at once, from what we saw.
Saturday seemed
a long time in com ing — only one more day to endure. The girls went back into town and Sara reappeared with more s t r e aking solution. This time we stepped in first and told her to take
it home. Dinner, and she
e m e r g e d w i t h g e l l e d h a i r . I suspected it was bleach and, five hours later, visiting relatives, my suspi
cions we re con firmed as she anx iously looked at the clock after frequent trips to various bathrooms.
“I once dyed my
hair black and mum didn’t min’d,” said this blonde whose very presence in o u r h om e w a s beginning to make my husband lose both his hair and his marbles!
A week later, our
guest teens back in their respective homes, I received a telephone call from one, I suspect , e x c e p t i o n a l l y harassed mother.
“ Sara says you
two are brilliant. Thanks for looking after her!” Brilliant — by the end of the week we had aged 10 years, my hus band and son were in desperate need of a month’s holiday, preferably in a mon astery, and even the dog refused to come out of his bed!
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