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***PRESS RELEASE***
Sempervirens Border Control
Tree’s Diary, Thursday 27th March 2008.
This morning, as a large articulated lorry arrived from Holland, a drama of
Dallas-esque proportions unfolded at Sempervirens. As we stood round the lorry
with our non-alcoholic beverages (I myself nursed a cup of Earl Grey), the
driver pulled back the curtain. Robyn nearly spilt her mug of hot lemon as an
illegal immigrant leapt from the lorry, ran up the yard, through the back gates,
across the field, over a fence and into Whitton. Tom “Danger” Tree nearly has a
myocardial infarction as he gave chase (in the tractor).
Alas, the stowaway escaped.
However... A mere three hours later, an anonymous Sempervirens customer was at
the shops just over the bridge. The same customer who witnessed the event
earlier that day. Who should he find hiding in a phone box? You guessed it. Our
customer quietly sauntered over to the phone box, placed his steel toe boot
strategically in front of the door, and called the police.
The immigrant was dragged into the nursery, handcuffed, for identification
purposes.
We’re thinking of rebranding - “Sempervirens – purveyor of fine plants and
accidental importer of illegal immigrants since 2008”
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