The twins were quite happy – between their father and the nanny they seemed to get what they needed although the nanny was a bit absent-minded. She kept getting milk for the twins when all they wanted was a fresh nappy and a sleep.
The twins did enjoy the new play table,
and the new bouncy toy.
Joe, in particular, loved it.
Both parents taught them nursery rhymes but they hadn’t learned how to walk or talk yet.
Avri wanted to move house – he didn’t like the cramped conditions. He had furniture in storage for which there was no room. As a Hall of Famer he felt he deserved better. Nancy was reluctant. Her mother and sister’s graves were in the garden and she felt that leaving the Broke house was something like betrayal.
But then Noelene’s ghost scared her once too often.
Nancy was persuaded to move house. They moved into a double-storeyed house that, although it was rather plain, was bigger than the Broke house.
The parents tried teaching walking and talking, in the rain, while the furniture was moved in.
Avri now had room for some of his furniture like a piano.
The lessons continued in the new house.
Mary learned to talk and enjoyed the nursery rhymes but Joe didn’t quite learn to walk. He enjoyed the bouncy animal too much.
All too soon they grew to school age.
Joe
and Mary
They’re both pretty good-looking kids considering.
Nancy still felt bad about abandoning her mother’s house but she hoped one day it would be inhabited by a Broke.
