Twenty-three

– You look exhausted.
– I should say so. I've spent all day wrapping presents.
– All day?
– All day!
– As in, from first thing this morning to last thing this evening?
– You can be very literal sometimes. But certainly hours. Hours of wrapping presents. In all sorts of shapes, not just the easy ones.
– Some presents can be very awkward.
– Exactly. Cylinders are particularly annoyng.
– But nowhere as bad as bottles, with tapering necks.
– Or spheres! Spheres are impossible! How are you meant to wrap a sphere?
– You could put it in a box.