For the first time in history (as far as we know) a meteor struck St. Mary Mead. Just as Harman Buckland was getting the horses ready for the night, a huge stone struck just next to his wife Kizzie, who was painting in the garden.
Their little unharmed daughter was temporarily taken care of by the Police, but the unlucky couple was brought to the hospital with severe burns.
The following days the whole village helped out clearing the area for meteor stones and burned objects, and as soon as the couple has recovered they can return to their home. A cousin of Kizzie Buckland has now taken care of little Mirela, and the parents are very happy that their daughter is unharmed and in good hands.
Fire at the Baker’s
As Mr. Baker was trying to prepare pancakes for the Sunday breakfast, a fire broke out in their kitchen.
The fire services arrived within minutes, but there were substantial damage to the kitchen.
Mrs. Baker says that she doesn’t blame her husband, but will make the pancakes herself from now on.
Should men interfere with housework?
The above mentioned fire, has led to a heated debate amongst the housewives in St. Mary Mead, on whether men should be allowed in the kitchen at all. Mrs. Clement was met with resistance when she claimed that men perfectly well could do the same as women. “It is well known that I don’t cook”, she said, “and Leonard has better skills than I have in that domain. And he is surprisingly patient with the children.”
“After all, we are in the 1950’s and I can’t see any reason why men shouldn’t be able to do what is traditionally considered women’s duties. If the vicar can do it, anybody can.”
The youngest addition to the Clement family has no saying in the matter, we just wanted to print her picture because she is cute.
Pranks
Miss Keene, a resident at the Mulled Wine Inn, confronted Mr. Baker the other day, after she caught his son Frank doing pranks in front of the Inn.
Mr. Baker became very offended, and refused to believe that his son could do something like that.
Miss Keene, who thought she had raised the matter in a very polite way, was put off by the whole thing, and says that next time she will go directly to the Police.
The characters and buildings from this story are from the AnnoSims Group project St. Mary Mead, loosly based on the novels of Agatha Christie. (Anno Sims is now closed, but you can find my own creations for the project here at KSW.)
The characters and buildings from this story are from the AnnoSims Group project St. Mary Mead, loosly based on the novels of Agatha Christie. (Anno Sims is now closed, but you can find my own creations for the project here at KSW.)
