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When Im Older, She Thought, Ill Remember This Midnight Picnic As A Good Thing. Ill Forget That I Was Scared Of The Dark, And That Dad Was Strange. Ill Remember The Candles In The Grass, Like Flowers Made Out Of Flame, And Tug Dreaming Of Pie, And Dad Telling Me He Loves Me. Eleven-year-old Martha Is Used To Being The One Who Has To Keep Their Head. Tug, Her Little Brother, Is Too Small. Dad Is Too Strange. And Mums Not Here Any More. So When Dad Falls Off The Roof, Its Martha Who Ices His Knee And Takes Him To The Doctor. And When Dad Doesnt Come Home, Its Martha Who Cooks Tugs Favourite Pie And Reads Him His Bedtime Story. And When Dad Passes Out, Its Martha Who Cleans Him Up And Keeps His Secret. But Eventually Dads Problems Become Too Big For Even Martha To Solve. There Is Only One Person Who Can Sort Things Out Now. Dad.

When Im Older, She Thought, Ill Remember This Midnight Picnic As A Good Thing. Ill Forget That I Was Scared Of The Dark, And That Dad Was Strange. Ill Remember The Candles In The Grass, Like Flowers Made Out Of Flame, And Tug Dreaming Of Pie, And Dad Telling Me He Loves Me. Eleven-year-old Martha Is Used To Being The One Who Has To Keep Their Head. Tug, Her Little Brother, Is Too Small. Dad Is Too Strange. And Mums Not Here Any More. So When Dad Falls Off The Roof, Its Martha Who Ices His Knee And Takes Him...  Read More