The Conversation

The Conversation I sat on the roof reading a book and eating a banana. But as the day progressed I got hungry and tried to get down by climbing up and over a low wall onto the kitchen terrace. Legs wouldn´t let me. In the struggle I lost the book it ended on the road face up. My neighbour came helped me over the wall and asked: “What were you doing? “I was reading Jose Saramago In Portuguese and I read slowly.” “Well, it is ok then.” He said “But I didn´t like him he was a communist and ex car mechanic went to live in Spain after winning the big literary prize.”