In The Shade Of The Monkey Puzzle Tree - Plot & Excerpts
Theo adjusts his sleeping position again and again until sleep finally overwhelms him, only to be woken later by the same noise and then the cockerel crowing. Rolling out of bed, he staggers to his feet to go for a glass of water. Through slits of eyes, he sees daylight sneaking between the trees at the back of his building, the oranges and yellows of the dawn sky contrasting with the green-black of the trees, shafts of sunlight piercing into his kitchen. The cockerel crows again. The water is cool, the air is cool, a respite before the sun’s invasion. Striking a match, he lights the stove. He might as well: he is up now. Water, sugar, coffee, and patience. The caffeine unsticks his eyelids. The air is still, the temperature on the edge of a chill. The sunset views from his balcony are amazing but in the morning, it takes a while to warm the confined air. Theo is tempted to put something on to keep off the chill but knows all too soon he will be hot, so he lets himself shiver, watching the goose bumps lift on his forearm.
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