It could hardly have been worse
First the silver disappeared
Then the family portrait fell from the wall
Then it rained through the roof
on Grandpa
Then Dorothy disgraced herself with the chauffeur
Then the piano teacher
stiff as a pole
was found beneath the concert grand
Then the car spluttered and stopped
The toy train was derailed
The chickens clucked their last
All the bulbs exploded
Someone started playing
the trombone
That really was too much
Alfred Brendel
One Finger Too Many
Richard Stokes, English language assistant
Random House, 1998©
Ludwig van Beethoven
Opus 126, Allegro in G major
Alfred Brendel
Philips, 1984©
You never told me that the piano teacher was Greek!
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When this becomes necessary I shall probably have to tell you he's hot. But you'll need a note from home permitting you to receive that information.
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