Izzy looked up at the nice lady who’d spent the previous hour inspecting every nook and cranny of our property, and politely asked her, “Excuse me, are you going to buy our house, then?”
The poor woman was completely thrown. After a rather too lengthy pause, I let the lady off the hook: “I think it depends on whether you keep your room tidy or not.”
“Yes, I do like tidy rooms,” the lady confirmed, with a sigh of relief.
That seemed to satisfy Izzy, who wandered off to organise her mermaid collection.
