My neighbour has written me a letter, claiming that in his attempts to get me to carry out unnecessary work, he has always intended to be amicable. Some of his activities don't seem like it to me. As in the following tale which has come to me. The time scale has been compressed.

One morning, Mr Amicable woke up, and thought to himself, "I know, I'll be really amicable to my neighbour this morning." He went outside, and noticed her windows were open, so he moved his car and left the engine running under the windows to fill her house with exhaust. Mr Amicable smiled at himself as he eventually drove off. "That was very amicable of me," he thought. When he got home, his friend, Little Miss Amicable asked him what he had done, and he told her. "That was very amicable," she said, and kissed him.
Next morning he woke up and thought, "I'll be even more amicable this morning," and he waited in his car until his neighbour started to move her car towards the drive, and then drove at her. As he drove off, he felt really pleased at how amicable he had been. When he got home, his friend, Little Miss Amicable asked him what he had done, and he told her. "That was very amicable," she said, and kissed him.
The next day, he couldn't think of anything to do. When he got home, his friend, Little Miss Amicable asked him what he had done, and he told her. "That wasn't very amicable," she said, and hit him. Then the two of them started to bang on the ceiling and the cupboards and the stairs to disturb their neighbour. "That's better," they said. "That's amicable enough."
The next day, he woke up and thought, "I know how I can be even more amicable to my neighbour today." He waited in his car again until his neighbour walked to shut her garage door, and drove his car at her until the bumper nearly touched her. He drove off, feeling really pleased with himself. "How amicable was that?" he smiled. When he got home, his friend, Little Miss Amicable asked him what he had done, and he told her. "That was very amicable," she said, and kissed him.
The next day, he had an even more amicable idea. He went to the place in his flat where there was a tap to control his neighbour's water, and turned it right down. "She won't be able to say I haven't been amicable," he congratulated himself, and later, his friend, Little Miss Amicable asked him what he had done, and he told her. "That was very amicable," she said, and kissed him.

I don't have an ending yet.

Penny