Outofthemouthsofbabes

I TooK my granddaughter, Erica, to the supermarket to pick her third birthday cake. There were lots to choose from — chocolate caterpillars, pink princesses, castles, Thomas The Tank Engine, clowns and teddy bears. She took a long time studying them. ‘Can’t you decide?’ I asked. ‘No,’ she replied. ‘I want a dearer one.’ When I told her mum later, she explained: ‘No, she meant Madeira — she doesn’t like icing and cream!’ Sue Mycock, Peterborough, Cambs.