Nigel’s Most Excellent Start To The New Year.

In all the excitement of Christmas and New Year Nigel had completely forgotten about the scratchcard he had been given as a present and had put safely way in his bedside cabinet for later …… until this morning when he found it again when he needed a clean hankie.He was soooooo excited as he rubbed away, certain that this was the winning ticket, all he needed was two matching pictures to win a prize ………

……. and, bless him, he got two “rabfots" on the very first line. Well, there was no doing with him after that!!!  He wanted to phone the lottery hot line to double, triple and quadruple check that he had won and hear them say that he was now a millionaire, until I felt that I had to cruelly burst his bubble and point out that he had only won £1.  However, this news did not crush any of his robust indomitable spirit or excitement.

He has chosen to sleep with said scratchcard on his pillow, until he could get to the village Tesco Express to cash it in …… facing the huge dilemma as to whether he should risk the £1 on another scratchcard for another chance of winning a prize, or should he quit while he was winning and put the £1 in his piggy bank to save for a rainy day ……. I suspect there will be a LOT of tossing and turning noises coming from his bedroom tonight   ….. goodness knows what his decision will be!