On the Black Hill Page #6

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when he's 21.

Aye.

By then, we two should be 80.

Eighty.

Helicoptering again, are they?

Hang-gliding it is, Benjamin. Hang-gliding.

He wouldn't forget, would he, Lewis?

No.

No, he wouldn't forget.

Oh, there they are.

- Happy birthday.

- Happy birthday.

- Kevin.

- Hello, Kevin.

- How are you, Eileen.

- Nice to see you, Eileen.

- Well, how's the baby coming along?

- Fine, thank you.

Your present hasn't arrived yet.

It'll be ready at ten o'clock.

And it's an hour's drive away,

so we should get a move on.

Well, er...where would that be, then?

Ah, it's a surprise. It's a mystery tour.

Oh, aye?

Oh, dear. It's an aerodrome.

Kevin...Kevin, no.

I'd not go in an aeroplane.

But Uncle, it's safer than driving a car!

Yes, with your driving, maybe.

No, no, no, no, no.

I'd never go in an aeroplane.

- Hi, Kev.

- Hiya.

- I'm your pilot.

- Thank you very much.

- Happy birthday.

- Thank you.

Happy birthday.

- Never too late to take up flying, eh.

- Mm...

It's all right. Have a look, come on.

Ben! Look!

The Vision!

It's your turn.

My turn?

To fly.

Oh, my God.

Try a figure of eight.

Down on the left.

'That's enough. No, straighten out.'

Now, down on the right.

Easy does it.

Good. Now, another big loop...

and we'll call it a day.

I But what Thou most desirest

I Our humble, thankful hearts

J" All good gifts around us

are sent from Heaven above

I Then thank the Lord

J Oh, thank the Lord

J" For all His love

The reading comes from

the Book of Revelations.

"And I, John, saw the Holy City.

"New Jerusalem.

"Coming down from God,

out of Heaven,

"prepared as a bride,

adorned for her husband.

"And the foundations of the wall of the city

"were garnished with all manner

of precious stones.

"The first foundation was jasper;

"the second, sapphire;

"the third, a chalcedony;

"the fourth, an emerald;

"the fifth, sardonyx;

"the sixth, sardius;

"the seventh, chrysolyte;

"the eighth, beryl;

"the ninth, the topaz;

"the tenth, a chrysoprasus;

"the eleventh, a jacinth;

"the twelfth, an amethyst.

"And I saw no temple therein,

"for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb

are the temple of it.

"And the city have no need of the sun.

"Neither of the moon,

to shine it.

"For the glory of God did lighten it,

"and the Lamb is the light thereof."

- Right. There you are, then.

- Right.

- Shall I dry?

- All right, then.

It's the christening on Sunday.

Don't forget that.

He'll have a bit of a job, though,

with all those names, when he grows up.

"Lewis Benjamin Amos Jones".

Bit of a mouthful.

- Go for Lewis.

- Wait there.

You shouldn't see him.

I The Lord is my shepherd

J" I shall not want

I He is my shepherd

J" I shall not want J"

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