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If Rassie Did the Holiday Pool

December at a coastal resort. Every lounger gone by half past five. Rassie was not the only one with a plan.

StarringRassieOom KallieTannie Marietjie

  1. At dawn beside an empty resort pool Rassie arrives with an armful of towels and finds Oom Kallie lying on a lounger, with a towel already draped over every other lounger.Enlarge panel 1
    Panel 1.

    05:10. Holiday resort, South Coast.

    • Rassie: Kallie. How long have you been here?
    • Oom Kallie: Since half past four. You were late to the breakdown.
  2. Mid-morning the pool is busy. Rassie and Oom Kallie lie on neighbouring loungers, not looking at each other, as Tannie Marietjie arrives with three grandchildren carrying pool toys.Enlarge panel 2
    Panel 2.
    • Tannie Marietjie: Where must the children sit?
  3. Three grandchildren sit happily in a row on a wooden bench by the pool eating ice lollies, between Rassie and Oom Kallie on their chairs.Enlarge panel 3
    Panel 3.
    • Rassie: On the bench. That’s what benches are for.
    • Oom Kallie: Fresh legs for the pool at eleven.

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  1. Panel 1

    At dawn beside an empty resort pool Rassie arrives with an armful of towels and finds Oom Kallie lying on a lounger, with a towel already draped over every other lounger.

    Caption: 05:10. Holiday resort, South Coast.

    Rassie: Kallie. How long have you been here?

    Oom Kallie: Since half past four. You were late to the breakdown.

  2. Panel 2

    Mid-morning the pool is busy. Rassie and Oom Kallie lie on neighbouring loungers, not looking at each other, as Tannie Marietjie arrives with three grandchildren carrying pool toys.

    Tannie Marietjie: Where must the children sit?

  3. Panel 3

    Three grandchildren sit happily in a row on a wooden bench by the pool eating ice lollies, between Rassie and Oom Kallie on their chairs.

    Rassie: On the bench. That’s what benches are for.

    Oom Kallie: Fresh legs for the pool at eleven.

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