Mother-Son Scenes
Theme 23: Telescope


"Mum, I need a new telescope."

Walburga Black looked up from the book she was reading, laying her spectacles gently on the table. "Why, honey?" she asked her favourite son. "You got one last month."

Regulus shrugged. "It broke," he said truthfully. "I was, umm, a bit ecstatic when Geraldine - err - cancelled her trip to France to stay with us. And, errm -"
Walburga held up a hand. "I get the gist, Reg," she said, heaving a sigh and shaking her head. "You'll get your new one."

She smiled to herself as she put her glasses back on, though. Boys.