Curious Incident Christopher 21-27

(Letters) ... Ed: Christopher?

Hello.

... Ed: "Your Mother before she died was very good friends with Mr. Shears."

And other times she used to say:

Ed: excellent, excellent. What do you fancy for chow tonight?

Baked beans and broccoli.

Ed: does he?

He once ate one of the little blocks of blue disinfectant, which hang inside the toilets. And he once ate a 50-pound note from his mother's wallet. And he eats string and rubber bands and tissues and writing paper and paints and plastic forks. Also he bangs his chin and screams a lot.

Ed: terrific.

I like it because it makes me think how all the water in the world is connected.

Ed: Good. Good. Good. Good lad.

I like looking at the rain.

Ed: come on memory man... what am I going to do with you Christopher? What the **** and I going to do with you?

I was just chatting with Mrs. Alexander. I wasn't doing investigating.

Ed: I think that can be very easily arranged... I'll make a bit of a racket I'm afraid so if you want to watch television we're going to have to shift it upstairs.

I'll go and be on my own in my room.

Ed: I've just had a call. There's a lady. Her cellar has flooded. I've got to go out and give it.

Is it an emergency?

Ed: give me your coat I'll hang it up. How was school?

It was good thank you. Joseph Fleming took his trousers off and went to the toilet all over the floor of the changing room and started to eat it but Mr. Davis stopped him.

Siobhan: father had murdered Wellington. That meant he could murder me. ... Ed: Christopher please.

No because I can't live in the house with you anymore because it is dangerous. I can't go and live with you because you can't look after me when school's closed.

... Ed: I worry about you, because I don't want to see you getting into trouble, because I don't want you to get hurt.

Where's my book?

Ed: I know how he feels. Christopher, I've got to go out.

Why?

Ed: behave yourself Christopher yeah?

Yeah.

Ed: Christopher if I go out will you be ok?

Yes, I will be because there's no one around because everybody's staying indoors.

... Ed: you're soaking.

Yes.

Ed: I'll have my mobile with me.

Yes.

Ed: is this true? Did you speak to Mrs. Alexander?

Yes.

Ed: so you can call me if there's a problem.

Yes.

Mrs. Alexander: I'm not really a stranger Christopher.

Yes.

Uncle terry: you could go and live with your uncle terry.

You live in Sunderland. I don't know how to get to Sunderland.

Ed: I ask you to do one thing for me Christopher. One thing.

I didn't want to talk to Mrs. Alexander. It was Mrs. Alexander who... *screams*

Ed: don't give me that bollocks. You knew exactly what you were bloody doing. I've read the book, remember? What else did I say Christopher?

I don't know.

Siobhan: I could try and-

No because you're a teacher.

Mrs. Alexander: I think I am a friend.

No. And I can't stay overnight in your house or use your toilet because you've used it and you're a stranger.

Siobhan: yes

Not a friend or a member of my family.

Ed: Jesus, Christopher, how stupid are you? What did I tell you Christopher?

Not to mention Mr. Shears name in our house. And not to go asking Mrs. Shears or anyone about who killed that bloody dog. And not to go trespassing on other people's gardens. And to stop this ridiculous bloody detective game. Except I haven't done anything. I just asked Mrs. Alexander about mr. Shears because I was doing chatting.

Judy: bloody Nora it's cold.

"Bloody Nora it's cold." And she said I should come and swim too, but I didn't like swimming because I don't like taking my clothes off. And she said I should just roll my trousers up and walk into the water a little way. So I did. And mother said:

(Letters And meltdown) Ed: look Christopher I'm sorry. Let's leave it for tonight ok? I'm going to go downstairs and you get some sleep and we'll talk in the morning. It's going to be alright. Trust me.

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Uncle terry: get a train. Get the train from Swindon.

Also you smoke cigarettes and you stroke my hair. You're not a friend either.

Judy: Christopher! Look, it's lovely.

And she jumped backwards and disappeared under the water and I thought a shark had eaten her and I screamed. And she stood up out of the water and came over to where I was standing and held up her right hand and spread out her fingers like a fan.

Ed: Christopher, do you understand that I love you?

Is it in the dustbin at the front of the house?

Ed: yes mate.

It is raining very heavily.

Judy: if I hadn't married your father ... Ed: what is this?

It's a book I'm writing.

Ed: good ol Mr Davis, eh?

Joseph eats everything.

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London. NW2 5NG.

Ed: it is.

The rain looks like white sparks.

Ed: does it?

This water, this rain has evaporated actually from somewhere like maybe the Gulf of Mexico maybe or Baffin Bay and now it's falling in front of the house.

Ed: So what have you been up to today young man?

Today we did Life Skills with Siobhan. Which was Using Money and Public Transport. And I had tomato soup for lunch and 3 apples. And I practiced some maths in the afternoon and we went for a walk in the park with Mrs. Peters and collected leaves for making collages.