Torvy's update
Today Torvy set off to high school for the very first time. He had to go on his own, since Björn only starts tomorrow (Friday - isn't that weird?). I'm sure he'll be fine - he's very sensible.
He had a rather mixed day yesterday, very good feedback from his guitar teacher who is highly impressed with him, his talent and his progress. I heard the tail end of his lesson and I was pretty impressed myself! He is playing Hey Jude, with some rather complicated fingerwork. When I arrived, he was playing it as a duet with his teacher, and it sounded great.
But the poor lad had a rather unpleasant experience on his way to the lesson. He was walking along minding his own business, with his guitar strapped across his back, when some complete stranger cycled by and punched him in the face in passing, yelling "Ha, ha!". It's not the first time I've heard of this sort of thing happening and I have even witnessed it once, but when he told me about it on the way home, I was incensed. His face was a little swollen and bruised when I collected him from his guitar lesson. We reported the matter to the police, but of course, there is little chance that he will be apprehended - the police have bigger fish to fry. We were very impressed by the way Torvy handled answering the police questions - totally calm and sensible about the whole matter.
One niggling worry is that the kid who punched him is very likely to be a pupil at the same school. The hope is that he will be in a different hall, though - with 2500 kids in the school, there is little chance of their paths crossing. Fortunately the swelling has gone and the bruising is very faint, so it shouldn't attract any unwanted attention at school. If, however, he turns out to be in the same hall as Torvy, it might be quite unnerving for the little chap, because he is fairly sure they would recognise each other - they got a good long look when the kid stared back at Torvy defiantly while cycling away, and Torvy is somewhat distinctive with all that hair!
Speaking of little - we shall have to see if he has overtaken his Granny Carol in the growth stakes when she arrives later today. Not a very tall order (haha), so quite possible.
He had a rather mixed day yesterday, very good feedback from his guitar teacher who is highly impressed with him, his talent and his progress. I heard the tail end of his lesson and I was pretty impressed myself! He is playing Hey Jude, with some rather complicated fingerwork. When I arrived, he was playing it as a duet with his teacher, and it sounded great.
But the poor lad had a rather unpleasant experience on his way to the lesson. He was walking along minding his own business, with his guitar strapped across his back, when some complete stranger cycled by and punched him in the face in passing, yelling "Ha, ha!". It's not the first time I've heard of this sort of thing happening and I have even witnessed it once, but when he told me about it on the way home, I was incensed. His face was a little swollen and bruised when I collected him from his guitar lesson. We reported the matter to the police, but of course, there is little chance that he will be apprehended - the police have bigger fish to fry. We were very impressed by the way Torvy handled answering the police questions - totally calm and sensible about the whole matter.
One niggling worry is that the kid who punched him is very likely to be a pupil at the same school. The hope is that he will be in a different hall, though - with 2500 kids in the school, there is little chance of their paths crossing. Fortunately the swelling has gone and the bruising is very faint, so it shouldn't attract any unwanted attention at school. If, however, he turns out to be in the same hall as Torvy, it might be quite unnerving for the little chap, because he is fairly sure they would recognise each other - they got a good long look when the kid stared back at Torvy defiantly while cycling away, and Torvy is somewhat distinctive with all that hair!
Speaking of little - we shall have to see if he has overtaken his Granny Carol in the growth stakes when she arrives later today. Not a very tall order (haha), so quite possible.
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