Outofthe mouthsofbabes

WHILE travelling in the back of the family car one day, Daniel, aged six, asked: ‘Dad, what’s a gherkin?’ My husband went to great lengths explaining what a gherkin was — a small cucumber, pickled and sold in jars. Digesting this information, Daniel was quiet for a moment. He then started singing: ‘Gherkin Wenceslas looked out, on the feast of Stephen . . .’ Pam Frewin, Bures St Mary, Suffolk.