Off school again, Mark spends the next morning running errands before his father suggests he should take the dog out for a walk. Puzzled, the boy obeys, happy to have another reason to get out of the house.

"Take your time. Just be back for lunch, okay sport?" His father calls out.

Going to the nearby woods, he soon finds himself lost in thought as he strolls along.

He is confused. He thought that he is taking time off school so that he can 'do it' with his mom and get her pregnant. (Again, he feels that strange shiver at the thought.) But how come they are giving him all these things to do to get him out of the house?

Having no idea and not wishing to dwell on the subject, he tries his best to enjoy his walk but time and time again, his mind comes back to the subject.

Eventually, the time reaches 12.30 and slowly he heads for home. Even so, he reaches the front door before 1...