It is that time of the year again when my parents, social as they are, hold their annual Christmas party. After being paraded by my mother in front of her friends tonight, I was told to look after the children. I chose to interpret that as "take a bottle of champagne and do whatever the hell you want."
One of the children left one of those hideous red dolls in my sitting room. Being the nice person that I am, I shoved it in the dustbin outside the building because they just might come back to look for it and I decided to save them the trouble of having to walk all the way to our flat. I returned to my room only to find it sitting on my bed. Somewhere between that moment and another glass of champagne it began speaking. I am trying to ignore its nonsensical prattling at the moment.
Regarding gifts, I received a package in the mail containing some of my clothes and a beautiful photo of a water lily. The package accidentally caught on fire, destroying everything but the photo.
Sweet is the lake with its secrets.