Fast Fiction: Tickets
Come along now, who has the tickets?
Richard Mallinson’s tale tells of confusion at the gate.
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'How many of you are there?' asked the man at the gate.
'Eight,' they cried.
'All right, stand in line.'
'Are you the custodian?' asked Ed.
'I'll custodian you,' the man said, Tm the gatekeeper.'
'The gamekeeper?' asked Violet.
'No . . . oh, never mind . . . Now stay in line and keep quiet while 1 check the tickets. You can't go in if the tickets aren't in order. Who's got the tickets?'
'Paula has,' said Nancy.
'No, I haven't,' said Paula. 'Brian has.'
'Which one of you is Brian?' asked the man.
'I am,' said Billy.
'No. you're not,' the others yelled.
'Come on,' said the man, 'I haven't got all day . .. Are you Brian?' he asked Cedric.
'No, I'm Cedric,' said Cedric.
'Then you must be Brian,' the man said, pointing at Brian. 'Come on, hurry up, let's have the bloody tickets.'
'Please don't swear,' said Cynthia, who'd had them all the time.
