The picnic and such like pandemonium by Gerald Durrell is an autobiographical collection of funny stories.
Larry does not like London. He is coming there to visit his family after many years. He is scared that he may catch cold as he sees everyone is sneezing around. But his mother being mother arranges a picnic for him with her daughter and son in law taking his rolls. This car has spent more time dismantled than in one piece because the owner is an engineer and engineers like to take everything apart.
Along the way Larry keeps grumbling that his son in law is going too fast. Then they sit on the beach and start eating. Mother wants to lean on some rock. But the place is having strong smell of sea weed. But later they realize that the rock they are leaning is not a rock but the carcass of a large horse. And hence the strong odor
In the afternoon it starts raining and they walk to the car completely wet. And the roof of the car was not closed, so they have to sit in the water filled car. And they are not able to put the roof of the car. Drive in that car is not so pleasant and with two tyre punctures. When the second tyre breaks son in law announces that he does not have another spare tyre. Now Larry takes the lead and asks a villager where can find a telephone so that they can ask for a lift. Villager offers his horse and some cart to take them to the pub and gives them direction to the pub. When they ask what will they do with horse he says, leave it there because it will always come back to him.
Now they try to reach the pub with the help of directions they remember and the horse. And for sure, horse knows its way. It bring them back to the place where their car has broken down.
Larry does not like London. He is coming there to visit his family after many years. He is scared that he may catch cold as he sees everyone is sneezing around. But his mother being mother arranges a picnic for him with her daughter and son in law taking his rolls. This car has spent more time dismantled than in one piece because the owner is an engineer and engineers like to take everything apart.
Along the way Larry keeps grumbling that his son in law is going too fast. Then they sit on the beach and start eating. Mother wants to lean on some rock. But the place is having strong smell of sea weed. But later they realize that the rock they are leaning is not a rock but the carcass of a large horse. And hence the strong odor
In the afternoon it starts raining and they walk to the car completely wet. And the roof of the car was not closed, so they have to sit in the water filled car. And they are not able to put the roof of the car. Drive in that car is not so pleasant and with two tyre punctures. When the second tyre breaks son in law announces that he does not have another spare tyre. Now Larry takes the lead and asks a villager where can find a telephone so that they can ask for a lift. Villager offers his horse and some cart to take them to the pub and gives them direction to the pub. When they ask what will they do with horse he says, leave it there because it will always come back to him.
Now they try to reach the pub with the help of directions they remember and the horse. And for sure, horse knows its way. It bring them back to the place where their car has broken down.
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