Holding my shopping basket in my right hand, I slowly rotated clockwise.
My basket met resistance – something solid.
As I looked down to investigate what I had bumped into that had not been there a second ago, I saw a small blonde girl dropping towards the floor.
She started to cry, and continued to cry for a long time. I hung around, trying to make apologetic faces at her, in the hope that she would see that there was no harm intended, and she no longer had to continue this wailing fit.
She fixed me with a steely glare from the shoulder of her mother, and continued to bawl defiantly.
I then beckoned Karen over, climbed onto her shoulder, and cried right back at her.
Triumphantly, I smacked her again with the basket.
A good day, when all is said and done.