Mom was just pining for the fjords.
“Bring out yer dead!” “No, I’m not dead, in fact I feel fine!”
(In before someone else)
All in all, a happy outcome. They thought she was dead, but they were mistaken. Worth a prayer.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought Monty Python when reading this story.
I was imagining the “she’s not dead, she’s resting” phone call they had to make. Maybe she was tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk. (Hopefully she wasn’t sitting up in bed because she had been nailed there.)