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PART I YONDERSAAY
Please Use Other Door Ruairi Mum shrieked over her shoulder as she reversed the car out of the driveway Is that homework on your lap It’s the last day of school before the holidays Please tell me I’m not going to get a call today It’s not homework Mum Ruairi Miller said careful not to let his parents see the sign he was writing It’s extra credit Ruairi’s big sister Dani put in It’s part of a very important and good project that Ruairi and I are doing for Mr De Villiers That’s nice you two Mr De Villiers Mum said swerving the car in too wide an arc onto the road Is he that lovely man who starts wearing Christmas jumpers the day after Halloween That’s him Dani mumbled Ah yes and he’s forever singing that one Christmas song What
is it now The Holly and the Ivy Mum said and started to hum Deck the Halls Ruairi and Dani groaned in unison Fa la la la la la la la la Mum sang Mum no Please Dad in the passenger seat came up from his smartphone and boomed Tis the season to be jolly Fa la la la la la la la la Mum and Dad sang together See what you’ve started Dani shot at Ruairi Mum and Dad sang on while Ruairi leaned over and whispered to his sister Mum’s right He is a lovely man We don’t need to do this Dani He needs to learn a lesson Ruairi Dani said It’s a hundred degrees out there I’m sure you’ve noticed we don’t get snow or holly or even decked halls in South Africa at Christmas Because why Because it’s summer time in South Africa in December Ruairi said Right We’re in the middle of summer Every year it’s the same From November first to the end of school we get a fa-la-la-la-la-ing reminder that we’ll never have a white Christmas chestnuts roasting on an open fire boughs of holly
