WEIGH-IN

Both the boys spent a rather restless night in the tumble dryer, each blaming the other for taking up too much room.

Byron is obviously in the middle of a growth spurt, but he suggested that Wilson too had gained a few pounds. 

'Carrying a bit of timber' was how he put it and W — a bit stung by this — insisted on a weigh-off on the bathroom scales.

This didn't settle anything, since neither of them had any idea of their previous weight, but it did give them something new to argue about. 

Eventually they settled the matter out in the garden, through the medium of Competitive Ant Eating. 

I kept well out of the way...