Great Almond Street

We lie together on the bed and watch Mummy pack all the new clothes into the suitcase. I play with the little ladybirds at the bottom of Sarah’s plaits, making them crawl up her shoulder and neck. Mummy holds up the new yellow daisy dresses.

“Daisies for the Queen!” Sarah giggles.

“The Queen is too busy,” I tell her once again.

“Mummy!”

Mummy blinks and turns around to fold the dresses. “We can certainly ask her.”