Tuesday, 7 October 2008

The squirrel vanishes

Well the weather’s still rubbish. I tend to spend all of my mornings sleeping.

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And sometimes I just snuggle up to Mum – although I wish she’d put that laptop down – it’s not very comfortable.

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I’ve just been out for a walk with Mum now that it’s finally stopped raining. We only went round the lakes, but I was on squirrel alert. There seem to be lots of squirrels around at the moment. Like at the start of our walk – there it was, on the path next to a garden fence, right in front of us. I tried to run after it, but it’s a bit difficult when you’re on the lead, although to be fair Mum did run with me. She just didn’t run fast enough though. Bit it was the strangest thing – the squirrel just disappeared. It didn’t go over the fence, and there was nowhere to go under the fence. And it didn’t run across the path. One minute it was there – the next it was gone. I hunted everywhere for it, but couldn’t find it. I think Mum was as confused as I was.

Round by the lake today I found a big branch in the water, right at the edge. It was great – just right for chewing. Mum stood there and let me have a good old chew. Let’s hope its still there tomorrow.

What else? Oh yes, have you been watching the TV at night? There’s a programme on all about Big Cats that Mum watches it. I think she watched it once before when I was a puppy. Anyway, I quite like watching it with her, although I’m not exactly sure just how big these cats are. Mum says they are a lot bigger than me, which is a bit scary really. Last night there were lions and some animals Mum said were called water buffalo. I didn’t think much of them trying to come into our living room, so I stood and barked at them. Dad said that wasn’t very sensible given how big and fierce they are. He said I should have run and hid, not drawn attention to myself. I’ll have to remember that next time.

Finally I’ve found something else that I like to eat. It’s called Cheese Straws. Mum made some for me and Dad today. I think they’re yummy.

Oh well, time for another little snooze.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Jez.

Oh those cheese straws certainly do sound yummy.

Glad you have a TV program you and Mum can watch together. It was a year ago that Mum went on a very special trip and got to see some neat animals close up.

Have a good day, Jez. And may your weather get nice and sunny.

Anonymous said...

watch out for those squirrels jez they can be as nasty as those lions you were talking about! I have just heard about your operation too and i hope you are feeling better, you will be able to go for long walks soon!
kisses!
love from kiri x