{"id":4553,"date":"2026-02-09T17:34:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/?page_id=4553"},"modified":"2026-02-14T10:52:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:52:50","slug":"five-thousand-hungry-people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/mmac-paintings\/five-thousand-hungry-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Five thousand hungry people"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shh, I can\u2019t hear him.
\n<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 He\u2019s not talking any more,
\nHas he gone?
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>I don\u2019t think so: No,
\n<\/span><\/span>It looks as though
\n<\/span><\/span>everyone\u2019s still waiting
\n<\/span><\/span>for something.
\n<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 He wouldn\u2019t just walk away
\nand leave us here, would he?
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I\u2019m hungry!
\n<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Oh look, there he is; he\u2019s
\n<\/span><\/span>laughing and talking with
\n<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 that crowd of children
\nover there.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Stop crawling over me
\n<\/span><\/span>I\u2019m hungry!
\n<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span>Well, there\u2019s nothing here to eat.
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I liked the story that he told
\n<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 about …..
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I\u2019m hungry!
\n<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Oh yes, that was a good one
\n<\/span><\/span>and he was certainly worth
\n<\/span><\/span>listening to. Did you see that
\n<\/span><\/span>lame man over there
\n<\/span><\/span>just leap up to his feet?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Hey, come back. You\u2019ll
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>get lost in this great crowd.
\n<\/span><\/span>I want to go to the …<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, now what\u2019s happening?
\n<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I\u2019m hungry!
\n<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 When are we going
\nhome?<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t even see him now;
\n<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 it\u2019s chaos and nearly
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>everyone is standing up,
\n<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0craning to get a better view.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Look, something is going on,
\n<\/span><\/span>the people nearest him are starting
\n<\/span><\/span>to sit down <\/span><\/span>\u2013<\/span> and now a wave
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>of movement is rippling towards us
\n<\/span><\/span>as so many bodies slowly lower
\n<\/span><\/span>themselves onto the ground,
\n<\/span><\/span>until like those in front of us
\n<\/span><\/span>we\u2019re washed by the oncoming
\n<\/span><\/span>tide and find ourselves
\n<\/span><\/span>squatting down onto the grass.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I\u2019m hungry!
\n<\/i><\/span><\/span>I\u2019m sorry, but someone who just
\n<\/span><\/span>walked past us heard the men who
\n<\/span><\/span>follow him say there\u2019s nothing here
\n<\/span><\/span>to eat. Maybe we should think
\n<\/span><\/span>of getting home before ….<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But look, some of those same men
\n<\/span><\/span>are weaving through the crowds
\n<\/span><\/span>with baskets, handing food out left
\n<\/span><\/span>and right. But we haven\u2019t paid,
\n<\/span><\/span>and I didn\u2019t bring any money with ….<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, Oh, thank you, thank you.
\n<\/span><\/span>Where on earth did all that bread
\n<\/span><\/span>and fish come from in this isolated
\n<\/span><\/span>place? Here, kid, stop complaining;
\n<\/span><\/span>come and eat. Yes, you, come on,
\n<\/span><\/span>eat as much as you want, as much
\n<\/span><\/span>as you can. I reckon there\u2019s enough
\n<\/span><\/span>good food here to last for ever.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\n

\u00a9<\/span> Alwyn Marriage 2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shh, I can\u2019t hear him. \u00a0 He\u2019s not talking any more, Has he gone? I don\u2019t think so: No, It looks as though everyone\u2019s still waiting for something. \u00a0 He wouldn\u2019t just walk away and leave us here, would he? \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0…<\/p>\n

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