2020-01-03

100 word Drabble for Discovered in Yuletide Spirit - 3 January 2020, with a prompt of 'Cider'

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He was soaking wet and freezing. Stupid sod.

"Come in and get this down you."

His eyebrows shot up, "Wow, that's good. What is it?"

I grinned, "Haven't you ever had mulled cider before?"

"No. Most I got at Christmas was a thick ear," he mumbled before taking another sip.

"I'll go and run you a hot bath before you turn into a popsicle. Dinner'll be ready for you when you're out of there."

"Thanks, Ray. You're a real mate."

As I made my way to the bathroom, I felt a warm glow inside and I hadn't touched a drop.

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Cider with Rosie is a 1959 book by Laurie Lee (published in the US as Edge of Day: Boyhood in the West of England, 1960)