Audiobook extract from Behind The Scenes At The Museum by Kate Atkinson
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British (England - Yorkshire & Humber) British (General)Transcript
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Ruby, you all right? Anti Bob squeezes into the bedroom. It's clear that the guest bed is taking up much needed space, and she looks at me doubtfully. I can see that the only way for a guest to behave in these circumstances is very politely. Yes, Thank you, Auntie Babs, I reply in a firm, clear voice. Why don't you play with Ruby girls? Anti Bob says, looking at her offspring. I shrink a little further into the corner. I'm not at all sure I want to be initiated into their games. Can you tell him apart yet? Ruby? She asks. Perhaps they're like those quizzes in Julian's Beano, where you have two identical pictures on have to spot the difference. Perhaps one twin will have six fingers, no ear on a ribbon in her hair. Look up at the ceiling. Auntie Babs commands one of them on points out, a small freckle under its chin. Is that a hole spot? The difference? Hardly any. This one is Rose. Rose stares blankly at the ceiling until anti Bob says So right now. Rose, you can put your head down. Rose looks at Mia's blankly, as she did at the ceiling. They have a very limited range of facial expressions. A game, a toy. Auntie Babs prompts my little hosts. Reluctantly, Daisy slides off the bed and produces a box of Fuzzy Feltz. If I have a quick game of Fuzzy Feltz with them, will I be allowed home somehow? I don't think so.