The Breakfast

The next morning noise from downstairs abruptly awakened young Thom. His first encounter with daylight was the sun straight in his eyes. And once again noise from downstairs. This time he was able to recognize the voice of Anna. Young Thom stumbled out of bed as he tried to evaluate the beginnings of the day. Firstly he had overslept and secondly he was not presentable wearing only a short shirt. He opened the door and began to negotiate some time. While he tripled to the bathroom, breakfast was proposed from downstairs. Five minus later young Thom follows the smell of his favourite breakfast coming from the kitchen: bacon and eggs. This and the cheerful greeting of always smiling Anna improved the morning mood drastically. Two pigeons quickly flew away as Anna and young Thom entered the dining room. Anna rests her chin on her hand as she watched young Thom dipping a peace of bread in the pan. As she noticed that young Thom wasn’t very comfortable being observed while eating, she flees to the centre of room - the spot where the pigeons had left some feathers. Slowly she started twirling making the feathers flying further and further from the centre. As young Thom sips the egg yolk from a bread crust he follows the movements of her hips, her hands and her hair waving in front of her face. Though not a very gifted dancer she was gracious in every move. The way she curved her back, overstretched her arms and pulled her shoulders back as if she was flying – which wasn’t very hard to imagine: numerous feathers twirled around her.
Suddenly she stopped, spread her arms and legs to balance herself and gazed straight forward while searching with her hand for support. No, she was not a gifted dancer but something of a comedian, young Thom thought. That she shouldn’t drink so much, he remarked - much to the surprise of Anna who’d never heard him joke or tease before. Didn’t know he had it in him! Indeed, young Thom didn’t know he hadn’t in him himself.
Anna looked around the room again. It would be expensive to fix this place, but it would be worth it, she thought. As she slowly walked towards the panoramic window the sun peered through the coloured glass at the top. Young Thom watched the show and listened to the vision of a restored great place where visitors could stay and villagers could marry. Anna imagined welcoming new guests while asking her own children to get out of the way and be more polite. Suddenly she looked at her watch. Afternoon class!
Quickly she took her coat and hat, kissed young Thom on the cheek and ran off while thanking him for breakfast. That she was always welcome, young Thom shouted before realizing he had to thank her for breakfast. As he cleared the table he looked at the empty dining room. Her own children. Young Thom wondered who the father would be.

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