When I
BE
little I
SHARE a bedroom with
my sister Catherine. As I was eight years her junior, I
obviously
GO to bed earlier
than her. As soon as I
CLEAN my teeth, my
mum
LIE on my sister's
bed and sing me nursery rhymes until I
FALL asleep. One
night when my mum
SING for about five
minutes, she suddenly
STOP. I
LOOK over at her and
saw that she
STARE at something
on the ceiling above my head. Without raising her voice,
she
TELL me to go
downstairs where my dad
WATCH TV. Later she
told me she
SEE a big hairy
spider climb out of the air grille and make its way
along the wall. I
NOT SLEEP much that
night, as you can imagine!