Passing the quil
I think it’s time for Bella to start contributing to the household running costs. She’s had nearly four years of essentials like shelter, clothing and hot chocolate all scot-free. So for my dad’s birthday this year I asked Bella to tell him a story – she can usually produce two or three in a single dinner time. Although most are mash ups of a recent film or story book some are strikingly creative and original – like the time she swam to the bottom of the ocean to talk to a whale’s ghost.
She dictated to me which I recorded, transcribed and edited as truthfully as I could. Bella then illustrated it and Jennie kindly set the whole thing up in a nice PDF for Poppa’s present.
Tom Ives