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Exploring the emotional turmoil of adoption, the narrative follows a birth mother reflecting on her daughter placed for adoption without consideration for her feelings. The story unfolds over forty years, highlighting the complex dynamics within a family that includes a mother, father, and two sisters eagerly awaiting reunion. Themes of longing, difficult relationships, and an ultimately bittersweet conclusion underscore the challenges faced by all involved.
Lazy Flea's wife asks him to buy beans for tea. Pah! errands are not what he enjoys, so he hops on the neighbourhood dog Gus and hitches a ride to the shops. Lazy Flea falls asleep on Gus only to wake up and finds Gus is now on holiday cruising down the Mississippi. This is not good at all! On his pursuit back to get the beans for tea, Lazy Flea is wooed into ‘show biz' by Six Foot Billy. But this show biz is not as glamorous and exciting as sold and is really a low budget flea circus. Will Lazy Flea get beans for tea? Oh, the calamities of a skiver!
A wandering scallywag, sandwich-loving crab schmoozes his friends into giving him their sandwiches. They aren't keen at all, so he tricks them, snaffles their sandwiches, and skedaddles off. But he soon gets his comeuppance. Revenge is best served in a sandwich.