Cream Tender Potential: use these three words

‘Ow, that’s tender.’ Joshua brushed aside his mother’s caring hand laid on the bump on his forehead.

‘Sorry, sweetheart. I’ll fetch the frozen peas.’ She sounded more efficient than sorry. ‘You really should be more careful,’ she added. ‘I mean, the potential of those older boys to knock you about is pretty obvious.’

Joshua secretly agreed, but he wasn’t going to confess it. ‘I have to play hard, get in there and show what I can do, Mum,’ he said. ‘The talent scouts are out all the time at th...