[Margaret Pilkington]

The garden of Eden was a lovely place.
Adam and Eve were very happy for a while.
Then Adam started disappearing for hours at a time.
He would be missing from sun up to sundown.
Eve did not like this and the snake took a chance to stir up some mischief.
He whispered into Eve’s ear ‘Eve, he has another woman on the go. You need to tackle him’

So that evening when Adam came home whistling.
Eve stood there, grim faced and arms folded, she asked ‘have you got another woman Adam?
‘Don’t be daft Eve, there are no other women here’.
They went to bed and during the night Adam felt some sharp pains in his ribs.
He sat up and found Eve poking him in the ribs with her sharp fingernails.
‘What on earth are you doing Eve’ he asked.
‘Counting your ribs!’ said Eve.