The ukulele lesson

We are in the middle of a ukulele boom. Anyone, they claim, can play it and you don’t need to be able to read music.
 
Well, I guess it was only a matter of time before some members of our dance group expressed a wish to play the ukulele but there was a snag. They did not know of a teacher until they turned to me and said, “ You have a contact.”
Oh yes I did…
 
That’s how we all turned up at 9.30  this morning at a friend’s house where he had ukuleles all waiting for us.
 
Despite neither reading music nor playing a musical instrument they took to it quickly.
And me?
“Get those nails cut!” said our instructor.
Oh dear! I had cut them short but had no idea he intended them to be that short.