Opportunity Knocking
By hovis
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My mother always chased the Buggs away. She didn't want me to play
with them because she was worried I would end up speaking like them.
Craig Bugg had a problem with his tongue. It didn't work properly and
he couldn't say words the same as us. He taught his younger brother
Tony to speak the same way. I could understand them and I liked playing
with them but my mother wouldn't let me. Their dad was very handsome
and he went on Opportunity Knocks to play the mouth organ.
He didn't win but everyone was happy and talked about having a
celebrity in the street.
The boys went to speech therapy and they learnt how to speak like
us.
It didn't make any difference to my mother, she still wouldn't let me
play with them.
The police took Mr Bugg away one Saturday morning. My mother went to
visit his wife in hospital. She said Mrs Bugg was knocked black and
blue. She had two black eyes, a broken leg and a broken pelvis. My
mother said Mrs Bugg was better off without Him and that she never
liked Him from the word go. She told me to steer clear of any man like
that.
I feel very fortunate as I've never yet met a man who plays the mouth
organ and has been on Opportunity Knocks.
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