Sensible side of brain "Go and Get it". Other side of brain : "It's not raining. Leave it"
Sensible won.
I walked around DH's car in the dark. No parcel. Had it been stolen??
An irritated short sigh escaped from my nose. I limped in to the house and retrieved a torch. I looked round the car again. No parcel. "In front of Car". I tried opening the car door. Locked. Maybe it was under the car? I couldn't see. I looked at the ground. My knee said "please don't". I tried to get down on the other knee, but that didn't work. I held my breath and lowered myself on to my bashed knee.
No parcel.
I checked the card again. " "In front of Car". I checked agains the fence and the gate in front of the car. I olooked in the bushes in front of the car.
By now, I didn't care what the parcel was. I'd sort it out tomorrow.
I looked around the rest of the garden.
And then I saw it. It wasn't "in front of the car" at all. Well, it was in front of the car in the sense that it wasn't behind the car, nor was it by the side of the car. Technically, I suppose, that meant it was in front of the car. Except it was no where near the car. Or the front of the car.
"Next to the bin" would have been a slightly more accurate and helpful description.
