Warts and all

Freyja has had a wart on her hand for some time now - a 'rather substantial' wart, as the doctor put it, when I finally got round to taking her to have it checked. We've been putting the wart lotion on it since January, and it has fallen off 3 times but each time some of the wart has remained behind - it really was quite big. This wart began to take on a life of it's own. It became one of the family and was affectionately referred to as 'Warty'. I found myself referring to it as a 'he'. And then yesterday, at last, the final bit of Warty fell off and Freyja's hand is now clear. She was really quite excited at first, showing us her lovely, clear hand throughout the day.

But then this evening, while having her bath, she started lamenting the disappearance of Warty and told Adrian that she wanted him back, but on her other hand.