Beware the Dog : Roald Dahl [20 of 32]

• As he said it he remembered something. He remembered the baths which he used to take at school in Brighton,
• in the long stone-floored bathroom which had four baths in a room. He remembered how the water was so soft that you had to take a shower
• afterwards to get all the soap off your body, and he remembered how the foam used to float on the surface of the water,
• so that you could not see your legs underneath. He remembered that sometimes they were given calcium tablets because the school doctor used
• to say that soft water was bad for the teeth. "In Brighton," he said, "the water isn't . . ." He did not finish the sentence.
• Something had occurred to him; something so fantastic and absurd that for a moment he felt like telling the nurse about it and
• having a good laugh. She looked up. "The water isn't what?" she said. "Nothing," he answered. "I was dreaming.