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st_illfleshandbloodIt was a generally accepted notion that anything at all was possible, when it came to the Madonna Inn. And yet Jackson had never thought that he might ever be faced with two Corbies (not even in his wildest dreams, which had now been upgraded). But more than that, he had never thought that he might ever find himself babysitting for one of them.
And yet here he was, lying on his back on one of the couches in the bar, the infant sitting on his stomach and playing with his stethoscope. She had taken a liking to it when he had showed her the clinic. A glass of whisky sat abandoned on the table that partially obscured Jackson from view; both of his hands were keeping the baby girl upright on his stomach, and thus much too busy to hold the glass.
"In the North Sea lived a whale," he was singing to the kid, the most innocent song he could think of, "Big in bone and large in tail. This whale used unduly To swagger and bully, And oh! and oh! The ladies loved him so... All went well until one day Came a strange fish in the bay. This fish was indeed, oh! A Woolwich Torpedo! But oh! but oh! The big whale did not know... 'Just you make tracks,' cried the whale, Then he lashed out with his tail. The fish being loaded, Then and there exploded, And oh! and oh! That whale was seen no mo'..."
And yet here he was, lying on his back on one of the couches in the bar, the infant sitting on his stomach and playing with his stethoscope. She had taken a liking to it when he had showed her the clinic. A glass of whisky sat abandoned on the table that partially obscured Jackson from view; both of his hands were keeping the baby girl upright on his stomach, and thus much too busy to hold the glass.
"In the North Sea lived a whale," he was singing to the kid, the most innocent song he could think of, "Big in bone and large in tail. This whale used unduly To swagger and bully, And oh! and oh! The ladies loved him so... All went well until one day Came a strange fish in the bay. This fish was indeed, oh! A Woolwich Torpedo! But oh! but oh! The big whale did not know... 'Just you make tracks,' cried the whale, Then he lashed out with his tail. The fish being loaded, Then and there exploded, And oh! and oh! That whale was seen no mo'..."
