LERNERT ENGELBERTS Real Bad People - De Harmonie
LERNERT ENGELBERTS Real Bad People - De Harmonie
LERNERT ENGELBERTS Real Bad People - De Harmonie
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‘Have you got any stamps, Mum?’‘Must have somewhere.’I gave her the letter.‘Can’t you take it to the post-box yourself?’‘I’m too busy with my surfboard now. It’s a lot of work, you know.’Mum looked at the address I’d written on the envelope.‘Do you think I should write “for the consideration of Chris <strong>De</strong>rwalt” on theenvelope?’‘For the attention of.’‘Yes, attention. Or do you think it’ll get there like that?’‘I’m sure it’ll be fine.’ She sent me out of the kitchen when the mud from thesurfboard started to drop off onto the kitchen floor.I didn’t know a thing about surfing. As I washed down the board with the gardenhose, all I could think was that it was too heavy and that it was going to sink as soonas I put it in the water. The mud wouldn’t come off and I had to get really close to theboard, so it all splashed up onto my school uniform, which didn’t matter, because Ididn’t have to stay clean and tidy.Claire came to see what I was up to and told me that she thought surfing wasstupid. I don’t think she even knew what surfing was, but she was just acting superiorbecause she’d recently started going around with a gang of popular girls at schoolwho thought everything was stupid and kept saying ‘whatever!’ all the time, which I’dnever say because it sounded like something out of one of those annoying AmericanTV series.Claire said I had to go and wash my hands and get changed. She and Mumhad booked an appointment at the hairdresser’s and I had to go with them. As we