All My Children

Shaper and Shell and the Twin were playing soccer outside.

“Be careful where you kick that ball,” said Papi, while shaking his finger at the children. “I don’t want any broken windows when I come home. If anything gets broken, you’ll have to pay for it yourselves!” Papi said sternly while shaking his finger even harder.

“Not a problem, Papi,” shouted Shaper. “We’ll be careful, and anyway, we’re kicking the ball away from the house.” The children carried on kicking the ball to each other and Papi rode off down the road on his bicycle.

A little while later, the children decided to see how high they could kick the ball, trying to kick it over the tree in the yard. Continue Reading »

Papi couldn’t sit still. He kept walking up and down the passage. He tried to sit and read, he tried to watch TV, he tried to do some work, but it didn’t help. Papi could not concentrate and sit still.

He was restless.

“Why can’t you sit and relax?” asked Magix, “You seem so restless.” Continue Reading »