Just_Chaz

A story of skunks, by Charles Booth.

There was a family of skunks living in a little burrow, there was Mummy skunk and her two sons, In and Out, In and Out were there genuine real names and this is an absolutely true story.

So, one day, Mummy said to Out; “Out, tell In I'm going out, ill be back later, do not go out and make sure In stays in.”

So Mummy went Out and Out stayed in, then In approached Out and said he wasn’t staying in, he was going out.

Out said to In; “In you can’t go out, you have to stay in.” but In said to Out; “No Out, I'm going out, I'm not staying in.”

And that was that, In went out and Out stayed in.

Later that day Mummy came home, Out was in but In was out.

“Hang about.” Said Mummy to out; “In is not in, has In gone out”

Out said to mummy; “Yes In has gone out, I told him to stay in but still, In went out”

Mummy said to Out; “I'm glad you stayed in Out, but I must go out to get In, so make sure you stay in and do not go out.”

So Out stayed in and Mummy went out to look for In. so Out stayed in and waited for In to come back with Mummy. After a little while Mummy returned, without In.

“Where is In?” said Out to Mummy

“In is still out.” Said Mummy to Out.

In was still out and Out and Mummy were in, then Out said to Mummy;

“Mummy I will find In, I will go out and find In and bring him back in.”

So Mummy said to Out; “Okay Out, you can go out and find In, but when you find In, if you find In, make sure you bring him back in, and not stay out.”

So Mummy stayed in and Out went out, looking for In who was also still out.

Minutes went by and Mummy was worried about In and Out, had they been eaten or beaten about, what if In came in whilst Out was still out, or if neither came in and they both stayed out. What if Out came in and In was still out, or if Mummy went out and both In and Out came back in.

Such worries for skunk mother.

But then all of a sudden, with a bash and a rustle Out came back in, and In came in with Out, now In and Out were both in and neither was out, apart from Out who was only Out by name.

In said to Mummy; “I'm sorry I went out, I didn’t want to stay in with Out, but I'm back in now, and I wont go out”

“Its okay In” said Mummy to In; “Just make sure you stay in, and do not go out”

In looked at Out with a frown and a snort, In liked being out but not in here with Out.

But Out looked at In with a smirk and a grin, Out liked to go out just to bring In back in.

Then Mummy said to Out; “But I went out whilst you stayed in and try as I might I could not find In, Tell me Out how did you find In when you went out and I stayed in.”

Out looked at Mummy with a wry grin and a snigger, then knowingly tapped his nose with a wink, and said quite simply;