Reference :- Monte is in hospital with a bad cough after a recent motorcycle jaunt.
Young Monte has been the first to crack up after weeks of enforced lockdown . On the weekend he fired up his Yamaha and headed off to visit a girlfriend in a neighboring town . When he returned he looked terrible . He had sores on his lips , a nervous cough , and darty eyes .
" Jesus Monte ! You could have Covid ! " , Ken junior said .
" It was raining cats and dogs the whole way home . I must have caught a cold . " , Monte said .
Monte licked his sore lips and anxiously looked around . Dog eyed him with disdain .
" Bugger off Dog ! " , Monte said .
Anyway , it was off to the hospital for Monte , and we are waiting for the results of his test . Meanwhile they have assumed the worst and isolated him in one of the private rooms .
" How are they treating him ? " , I said
" The nurse has him on a special diet . " , Ken junior said
" What's that ? " , I said .
" They are feeding him pizzas and toast and sliced pineapple . " Ken junior said .
" How come ? " I said .
" They are easy to slide under his door . " , Ken junior said .
In truth , we are not very clapped up with contagion here in the Antipodes . The USA now has as many cases as the entire population of Australia . And though I am sure Monte would have picked up a few viruses during his desperate sojourn , I doubt Covid was among them .
Your comrade , Ken .
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