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Contents

Now we are Young
Billy 3
Cecil the Citroen 6
Apologies to Tiny Tim 14
Further Apologies to Tiny Tim 17
Mumps 18
Chicken Pox 21

Now we are Learning
Our Fifth Birthdays 25
First Accident at School 28
Reply to an Invitation 30
I Think 33
December 1985 36
January 1983 38

Now we are Older
The Queen’s Awards 45
Not ‘As You Like It’ Jaques 46
Death of an Elm 48
A Minor Dispute? 51
In Search of Ugliness 53
Four Days – And Still No Word 58
Care 60
Time 62
A Poem with a Very Long Title 65
Untitled 70

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