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va?" said the man but Pick just looked blankly at him.
The man laughed and this time spoke in English.
Pick and Pierre spoke for many hours. He told her of his travels from Spain and
of how he felt he had fallen into paradise the day he jumped off the ferry and
set foot on the golden beaches of Sunset Cove.
Pick's stomach began to rumble. She fidgeted a bit, not wanting to leave Pierre
but aware that unless she ate something soon she might well faint again and that
would not do at all!
Whilst fidgeting, Pick came across a lump of bread that she must have had in her
hands when she left the cottage. Pierre nodded in approval when she offered him
a piece and he spread his cloak on the floor and sat beside her. Taking two plums
from the ground under the tree Pierre and Pick shared their meal and thoroughly
enjoyed it.
To Pick it was the best meal she had ever had and she thought aloud that she could
eat like this for the rest of her life.
Pierre agreed but said that he had to carry on with his journey. Pick burst into
tears and Pierre agreed to come home with her and to marry her as she had pretty
eyes and could bake nice bread.
Pick and Pierre were married before long and to celebrate had a meal with the
family on a rug under a tree. They called the meal pickpierre after the happy
couple.
Every Sunday after the marriage the Gordon family had a pickpierre and soon all
their friends started to join in the fun.
After a few months, Pierre got the wanderlust and decided he had had enough of
married life and scarpered leaving Pick and the Gordon family to their own devises.
Dorothy's Top Ten Tips for a Great Picnic
1. Always use fresh bread
2. Never boil your peas
3. Embrace the ants, they are your friends
4. Bedsheets are easier to shake off than blankets
5. Cut your sandwiches into rectangles, that confuses the seagulls
6. Only posh people use china plates, paper plates are just as good and easier
to clean
7. A man can be judged by the way he carries the picnic hamper
8. Always use fresh bread (that's really important)
9. Chicken drumsticks are really nice
10. And so are hard boiled eggs. |
Pick was not as devastated as she had thought she might
be as she had not liked Pierre's garlic breath, She had only really married him
because no other man had ever looked at her before (though she was old enough
to realise that it was because she had never left the cottage before so it had
been impossible to be noticed!)
The lads of Sunset Cove certainly noticed Pick now as she sashayed herself down
the High Street and after a while she began to date a local fellow who ran a bakery
and also admired her baking skills.
The happy young couple soon started up with the pickpierre's again but when they
got hitched the name had to change to include the new groom - picnic - and history
was made.
Pick and Nick enjoyed a happy life together and their love of eating outdoors
was passed to all residents of Sunset Cove and all around the world by the travelling
Pierre.
So if you are ever in a foreign country and hear people talking of having a pickpierre,
you'll know what they mean!
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