Trip to the restaurant

Sophie's Daddy drove us to a nearby restaurant, but it was full. When he carried on to another one,
Sophie had mournfully waved to the first restaurant and said 'Goodbye Tea'. Poor little waif.
The next was a Chinese buffet, a novel experience for me. We settled at a table, then took turns to go for food at the buffet table.  When I was filling my plate with prawn crackers to eat with my chicken and sweetcorn soup, the sound of 'Nanna Strawberry' wafted across the restaurant from a giggling Sophie.

This occurred every time I returned to the buffet table which was laden with containers of hot tasty Chinesefood. Sophie was so proud she could say my name properly, instead of struggling to say Audrey !  We could eat as much as we wanted until full. I finished with icecream. Sophie's Daddy paid the bill and we left for home. Back at their house, he lifted a sleepy Sophie from the car and she said 'Goodbye Nanna Strawberry' in tones which implied 'game over, time to go' . She was ready for her bed !

Over coming months, there were numerous family get-togethers and Sophie always delighted in calling me 'Nanna Strawberry' whenever she saw me.  It sounded as if it was going to be her permanent name for me, which felt great.