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|image = | |series = ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' short stories | ||
|main character = [[Peter Summerfield]] | |||
|series= [[ | |featuring = | ||
|main character = [[ | |writer = Rob Shearman | ||
|featuring = | |anthology = Life During Wartime (anthology) | ||
|writer = | |release date = 13 October 2003 | ||
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|prev = Five Dimensional Thinking (short story) | |next = Lockdown Conversations: 1 (short story) | ||
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}}'''''Meanwhile, in a Small Room, a Small Boy...''''' was | '''''Meanwhile, in a Small Room, a Small Boy...''''' was a [[2003 (releases)|2003]] short story written by [[Robert Shearman]] and released in the ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' anthology ''[[Life During Wartime (anthology)|Life During Wartime]]''. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
[[Peter Summerfield|Peter]] waits in a small room. Sometimes he waits for breakfast, lunch or dinner, but always he waits for [[Bernice Summerfield|his mother]]. | ''To be added'' | ||
== Plot == | |||
[[Peter Summerfield|Peter]] waits in a small room. Sometimes he waits for [[breakfast]], [[lunch]] or [[dinner]], but always he waits for [[Bernice Summerfield|his mother]]. | |||
Peter plays games with himself to see if his mother will come to see him. He counts to a thousand, and if breakfast comes before one thousand, his mother will come. The man doesn't bring breakfast until Peter reaches two thousand, three hundred eleven. | Peter plays games with himself to see if his mother will come to see him. He counts to a thousand, and if breakfast comes before one thousand, his mother will come. The man doesn't bring breakfast until Peter reaches two thousand, three hundred eleven. | ||
He tries holding his breath until his mother comes, but he can't. Angrily, he kicks the things in his room, and comes across a die. He decides that if he rolls three sixes in a row, his mother will come. If he doesn't, she must be dead. | He tries holding his breath until his mother comes, but he can't. Angrily, he kicks the things in his room, and comes across a [[die]]. He decides that if he rolls three [[6 (number)|sixes]] in a row, his mother will come. If he doesn't, she must be dead. | ||
The first roll is a six. The second roll is a six. Peter feels nauseous, and has a very brief flash of anger against his mother. | The first roll is a six. The second roll is a six. Peter feels nauseous, and has a very brief flash of anger against his mother. | ||
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== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Peter has a red rubber ball and the board game [[Snakes & Ladders]]. | * Peter has a red rubber ball and the board game [[Snakes & Ladders]]. | ||
* Peter has [[porridge]] for breakfast. | * Peter has [[porridge]] for breakfast. | ||
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