Hello… Al… Al… hello… Alist… A… Alistair?
It’s a bad line… it’s… hello… it’s Donald… Donald… Don uld… Donald Muir… Muir… em you eye or… Muir… yes, Donald Muir… we met at… Muir, yes, Donald Muir, that’s it!
You remember, we met at the golf club… golf… the golf club… golf… gee oh elle bee… I mean eff… gee oh elle eff… the… golf… club… no, Belvedere, not Staunton… Belvedere… you remember… Belv… yes… your cap blew off in the wind… I caught it with my club… blew off… club… yes, that’s right!
How are you… how… never mind… what’s that high pitch… that high… there’s a noise on the line… a noise… no, the line, not nine… line… elle eye… not en eye… elle eye en ee… LINE… no, I’m not shouting… NOT SHOUTING… EN OH TEE ESS AITCH OH YOU… TEE EYE EN GEE!
Sorry… you’re on what… a lawnmower?
Ah, thanks, you’ve stopped… I’ll have to call you back, though, because I’ve forgotten why I called now, and have a ringing in my ear… I’ll get back to you… bye for now.

Posted for Six Sentence Stories. Denise’s prompt word this week is pitch.


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