Bum //free\\ - Mardy

He ate the chocolate biscuit (Aisha had saved him half). He played football (the grass turned out to be fine). And when he got home, Mum just looked at him, raised one eyebrow, and said, “Well, look who’s back from the Land of Gloom.”

Then something weird happened.

“Stop what?” Maya asked, genuinely confused. mardy bum

“Shut up,” he said, but he was almost smiling. He ate the chocolate biscuit (Aisha had saved him half)

“You alright, Mardy bum?”

“That’s not me,” he said, but his voice had softened. Mum just looked at him