Roger was returning to bed from the bathroom when, passing a window, he saw two men dumping a mattress on his nature strip.
Credit: Jim Pavlidis
Incensed, he bolted outside only to see the pair getting into a car.
Instinctively, he grabbed his daughter’s bike and, pedalling frantically, followed the car’s tail lights.
Falling far behind, and feeling increasingly self-conscious in just his underpants, he considered giving up when – Yes! – the car turned into a driveway.
A week later, at about 3am, Roger, wearing a balaclava, returned the mattress.
The pang he felt for flattening their agapanthus only highlighted the difference between them.
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