NOT MY FAULT - a hundred word story for Friday Fictioneers.

NOT MY FAULT

“It’s not my fault, Sir!”

“You were caught red-handed destroying it, Taylor.”

“Well, yes, Sir, but that little sh.. – er – boy Stone, made me do it.”

“How, precisely? You’re twice his size. In fact I recall you were sent to me last week for locking him in a broom cupboard.”

“Exactly, Sir, and nobody would have known about that if he hadn’t phoned home. Without that phone booth to hide in while he snivels to his mum, he’ll have to take it like a man.”

“As you will, Taylor – bend over that chair.”

“No Sir! Please Sir! Not the cane!”

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It's my opinion that some people take photos just for this forum, as J Hardy Carroll appears to have done with this one! Despite that, three separate interpretations popped into my mind, but two were about phone calls too personal to share, and the phone call that is on my mind at the moment hasn't come yet - the one about the arrival of another grandchild, who is already five days overdue.

So here it is - a light-hearted treatment of a dark subject. Thanks to Rochelle for hosting Friday Fictioneers on her blog, from whence, after leaving a comment here -  you can follow the link to read other stories.  https://rochellewisoff.com/
ps. if you'd like to read another of my stories, go to p40 on this month's  http://visualverse.org/

DIA DE CANARIAS

DIA DE CANARIAS = CANARIES DAY

On 30th May each year Tenerife, together with the other six Canary Islands of Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro, celebrates Canaries Day - the anniversary of the inauguration of the first Canary Islands Parliament in 1983.

Everywhere you go you will see people dressed in the traditional costumes and hear the local music. Schools celebrate the day before, and Parque de la Reina is no exception. Here are some photos I took of the school parade on Friday morning.

A local band

I was given one of these buns baked by the school.

 

Nothing is more refreshing than a slice of watermelon

One of my early morning walk friends with her, granddaughter and great-granddaughter 

AND - if you want to buy an apartment in Parque de la Reina, mine is FOR SALE

Click on APARTMENT at the top of my blog to see the photographs.

Expanding on the school story

Apparently the new building is to be an upstairs extension on the original. Therefore unsafe for the pupils to be on the premises. The fact that they've had three months of school holiday to do the building seems not to matter. When the parents went to register for the new term last week - this has to be done every term - they were informed that school wouldn't open till perhaps the end of October. One mother I know personally went immediately to the Police to register a denuncia - in effect to threaten to sue - and presumably others did the same and made enough noise for it to register with the authorities!.It beggars belief, doesn't it? No wonder half the people out of work at present are only semi-literate.

PARENT PROTEST POWER

This was the sight that met our eyes on our way home today - parents collecting their children from the school in Parque de la Reina.
Something you see everywhere, right?
It nearly didn't happen here. The Cabildo decided to extend the school to take senior pupils as well as infant and junior, and they were going to do start work this month. Apparently this would have made the school too dangerous for the pupils so the summer holiday was to be extended indefinitely.
What about our children's education? The parents complained and actually changed the minds of the authorities. What happens next I don't know, but it's proof that - sometimes at least - it's worth making a fuss.