From "The Bosnian Bombshell," one of 29 stories collected in the A.G. Finn's delightful portrait of County Clare. Here, Zeelya, a young a refugee has recovered suitably to sample life on the golf course. When she spills some orange drink on her blouse, a wasp makes an untimely entrance.

A tour bus driver who had the good fortune to be passing along the public road just at that moment also suffered a major distraction. In his excitement, he nearly used his bus to demolish the back end of the fifth green. Fortunately, he pulled the bus off the ditch in time and sustained only minor damage to the front left wing of the vehicle. The Japanese tour group traveling in the back of the bus was bemused by the dark-haired young lady dancing topless on the green with four middle-aged men waving golf hats and handkerchiefs about her in a vain attempt to cover up her nakedness. They took loads of photos with their ever-ready cameras and brought home some very interesting momentoes of their visit to the West of Ireland…

"Well," said Father Malachy in an effort to lighten the atmosphere, "Monsignor O'Flaherty should hear some very interesting stories in Confession this month." They all laughed, but none of them broke 90 on their own cards for the round and it was some days before their natural equanimity was restored."

(From Lazy Days at Lahinch by G.A. Finn, Sleeping Bear Press, 2002. Reprinted without permission.)

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