The mobile phone did its thing. Margaret answered, to hear: ‘I think there is another author in the family, Anma. I have written an Acrostic poem, and it has been chosen for an anthology.’

‘Oh,’ said Anma. ‘Oh how simply grand, but what is an Acrostic poem?’

Well, such a pause was there, for Miss Delilah clearly could not believe that an author with 28 books to her credit, and heavens above – with a few bestsellers in the mix – did not know such a thing. Miss Delilah you see is 6 years of age, coming on 16, and let’s face it, it seems there is little she does not know, though a great deal of which Anma is ignorant.

Miss Delilah explained, ‘An Acrostic poem is one that creates a challenge. You have to select your words carefully to form a word from top to bottom. The words have to have a connection to the word you choose.’ She sniggered. ‘No, not that bottom, Anma.’ (How well she knows her Anma).

So, readers of Frost Magazine, I present the second author in our family, who will clearly very soon outshine her Anma, if Miss Delilah has anything to do with it, because 6 year olds are extraordinarily competitive and clever, Anma is coming to realise. Soon Miss Delilah will expect launch lunches, and pop to go with it. Anma however, wise in a very few ways, will have a large glass of wine.

I thank her wonderful little school for challenging and informing their pupils (if one may call them this anymore) enabling them to stretch themselves to understand the wonders that education can bring.