Reader\'s Digest Australia - 08.2019

The

KIDS Stay

in the Picture

FROMTHE GLOBE AND MAIL

ILLUSTRATION BYKYLE METCALF

Sure, my children are

adults with jobs, but that

doesn’t mean they’re

exhibiting any desire to

move out of our house

MY WIFE, CHERYL, and I held hands

and braced for the news.

“Your case is very serious,” he

uttered. “One of the worst I’ve seen

in 25 years in the profession.”

I knew it was bad – that’s why we

had called him in – but I didn’t real-

ise just how bad. The beefy-handed

man had just done a walkthrough

of our home, poking here, shining a

light there, shaking his head every-

where he went.

“First, we have to deal with their

food source: the kitchen,” he said.

HUMOUR

BY Howard Gaskin

82 august 2019