Pamela Shropshire’s Reviews > Village Christmas > Status Update

Inside were neat coils of string. . . The child drew in her breath with delight and put a finger among the coils. ‘Where did you buy it?’ she asked.

‘Buy>/i> it?’ echoed Margaret, flabbergasted. ‘Buy string? We’ve never bought a bit of string in all our borns! This comes off all the parcels that have come here over the years.

‘Mum cuts ours off and throws it away,’ explained the child, unabashed.