A Brilliant Young Mind Page #3

It's just we come

here all the time

and it's usually just fine,

you give us an extra ball.

Number 48 is a large

prawn ball meal.

You get nine balls, large

chips and crackers.

Yeah, I know.

No. Sorry.

Sorry.

No, he doesn't like, um, crackers

and he likes to have a small chips.

I'm sorry, it's just...

My son, he's quite picky

and he needs the meal

number to be a prime number

and there to be a prime

number of prawn balls.

And, um,

if he had nine balls it

wouldn't be a prime number

and number 48 isn't...

Isn't... Isn't a prime...

Is it? Is it? I don't

know. Yes, I do.

Um, yes, no, I'm right.

- Is that okay?

- Yeah.

There we go. A big

fat "well done".

It's all spilt out.

No, no, it's fine. Nathan, Nathan,

don't get upset. It's fine.

- No, Mum, it's not fine.

- It's fine.

- You don't do anything right.

- I'm sorry?

Everything you do is wrong.

Well, I'm sorry, okay?

Thank you so much!

Sorry.

That doctor didn't know his herbivores

from his carnivores, did he?

And do you know why?

Because he's not

as smart as you.

Is there someone else you

know that has what you have?

Einstein.

Okay.

But...

I just want you to know

that you're fine the

way you are, Nathan.

So do you want one of them ice

cream things for dessert or what?

- Dad!

- What?

No! Not again.

- What do I do? Do I lean forward?

- No, back!

Back? No, this is a disaster.

I know. I know. Give me this.

As promised, I

come bearing news.

Are you sure it's okay if I stand out

here? I don't wanna put you out.

- Yeah.

- Invite me in, Nathan.

- Come in.

- Thank you very much.

Put the kettle on, then.

- Put the kettle on what?

- It's okay. I'll do it.

- Hi, Julie.

- Hi, Mr. Humphreys.

- How are you?

- Very good, thank you.

- Thanks for coming round.

- I got it.

My goodness. Is that

what I think it is?

I hope so, otherwise it would

have been a wasted journey.

Um, you open it.

- You want me to open it? All right then.

- Yeah.

Dear Mr. Ellis, I am writing to

let you know that unfortunately...

"...you have successfully earned a place

on the United Kingdom maths squad!"

My goodness! Nathan, darling.

- Well, that's good news, isn't it?

- My gosh!

- Well done, mate.

- Well done.

Why is that unfortunate?

No, I was having a joke, mate.

It says the training camp's

in Taiwan this year.

- Have you ever been on a plane before?

- No. He's not.

- Well, that's exciting, isn't it?

- Um...

But...

I should study.

- Are you leaving now, or...

- Nathan.

He doesn't mean that.

Probably, yeah.

- Okay.

- Well...

- I'm gonna go and study.

- Okay.

Well done, mate.

- He is pleased. He's...

- I know he is, yeah.

I'm gonna have something stronger

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