SONIA             Well ..... it’s ..... grass-flavoured ice cream! 

OLIVIA             Ice cream! At last! (pauses) Wait a moment ..... did you say .... grass-flavoured? 

SONIA             That’s right! But not just any grass ..... Chinese organic grass! 

OLIVIA             (ironically) Chinese organic grass, eh? Wow! What a pity I’m full up! 

SONIA             Aah. Shame. Never mind, more for us, eh kids? 

LAV                  Ooh yes please mummy! 

SONIA             One scoop or two, Lavender? 

LAV                  Two please mummy! 

SONIA             And for you, Wolfcub? 

WOLF             Just one please mummy. 

SONIA             What, no appetite today, poppet? 

WOLF             It’s not that mummy, it’s just that I’d prefer real grass. We haven’t had it for so long. 

SONIA             I know, sweetpea, but now we’re lucky enough to have Olivia staying with us, we need to change our eating habits to suit her. 

LAV                  Is that why we haven’t had dockleaf soup lately? 

WOLF              Or twigburgers? 

LAV                  Or roast seaweed with mashed raisins? 

SONIA             That’s right, snugglebuggles. 

OLIVIA             So sorry Wolfy! Sorry Lavvy! 

LAV                  I wish she wouldn’t call us those names, mummy. 

SONIA             Don’t worry chipmunks, it’s just Olivia’s way of showing affection. Isn’t that right darling? 

OLIVIA             Absolutely ...... daaarling! May I leave the table now, Sonia? 

SONIA             Of course dear. Why not sit with Arnold? I think he’s got a treat in store for you this evening .... on the television! 

OLIVIA             Oh no. It’s not another programme about vegetarian social workers trying to educate a tribe of cannibals in the  Amazon rainforest, is it?