Daily story, July 10, 2025

Dan went to the corner shop for ice creams, but they had sold out except for three frosty lollies stuck to the bottom of the freezer. He leaned his head in there for a while, breathing in lungfuls of cold; then he bought them all. Back home he said there had been a single Cornetto, too, and he had eaten it on the way home. They all hated him for it. He wasn’t sure why he had said it, but by the time the day started cooling, he believed it was true.