How to shock a teenager

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We currently have some language students staying with us – four 15-year-old boys from France, Spain and Vietnam. In fact we don’t see all that much of them as they have a full schedule of activities, but we do eat dinner with them almost every evening. One evening it was a beautiful day so we were eating outside. One of them wondered why I have wire netting around most of my flower beds and I tried to explain about the deer that come into our garden. He didn’t really understand what I meant so without thinking I ran into the house to grab a dictionary. That caused a real stir – a real paper book! They looked stunned that I would actually look something up in this slow old-fashioned way. Once I had found the translation for ‘deer’ then they quickly grabbed their phones and came up with a variety of descriptions and images to confirm. But I think they were far more taken-aback by the use of a book than by the idea of deer eating my flowers! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2019.