# Homework with Charlie.

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Posted by Kayne on January 20, 2020 at 16:06:30

Yesterday (Monday) after school Charlie came home with me as we had a geography homework project to finish. His dad was due to collect him later in the evening as his parents had been away for the day visiting his twin sister, Sophie; Charlie sometimes gets very upset about her, but won't really talk about why.

We usually do our homework at the large garden table by the pool as there is plenty of room to spread out. We walked home from school as it had been too frosty to cycle into school in the morning, the pavements around the house and the lane were like a skating rink, so Kevin had given us a lift on his way to work.

We were nearing the end of our work when Chris, Tom and Kevin came in from work. They said 'Hi' and then Tom and Chris went off to do whatever they had to do and Kevin sat down across the table and asked what our project was all about.

"All about the oceans and isolated islands." Charlie said "You know, how the societies developed and the unique animal life that inhabits them."

"Oh right. Did they all swim there then?" Kevin asked.

"Hardly, you moron..... it's hundreds of miles across rough sea - didn't they teach you anything at school?" I retorted.

"I was hardly ever in school." Kevin grinned "You're the brains in the family, and Katie of course. So how did the people and animals get to these remote islands?"

"Nobody knows for sure, but the plants and animals developed the same as everywhere else by evolving from the basics when the continents were all joined together, but because there were different conditions and fewer species to interact with once it all split up, they grew differently - like mice growing bigger because there were no cats to prey on them, that sort of thing. People probably explored by canoe or raft and gradually spread from one island to another as they discovered them on fishing trips or were blown off course in storms." Charlie explained.

"So they didn't swim then?" Kevin grinned as he got up and stepped behind us to peer over my shoulder at what we had done.

The next thing I knew he had grabbed me under the arms and was dragging me towards the pool. I tried to get away but his grip was too tight. He swung me around as we got to the edge and the next thing I knew we were both splashing around in the deep end.

Charlie was laughing his head off as he watched us clamber out. Kevin was in his work clothes - scruffy tight jeans, tee-shirt under a frayed and ripped sweatshirt, a quilted gilet and old trainers - and was sporting a growing bulge in his jeans, I pushed him back in as soon as he had stood up straight.

"Oh dear!" Kevin laughed from the water as he looked at me "Looks like you've got your uniform wet at last, bro!"

"I'll get you back for this, you... you...." I couldn't think of a rude enough name.

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