Staring … staring … staring. I’m here M Sooz, you don’t have to keep looking for me. I’m here in plain sight! I know I’m usually hiding or not immediately obviously evident but not this morning. I was sitting, lounging actually, on the cat tower, waiting for something interesting to happen. It didn’t – which is a shame … because it did happen out the front when the Mummies were setting off to see their mate Jason with the Blue Koala. While M Kaz was speaking with the next-doors (yes, the ones who had the snake in their loungeroom the other night), M Sooz spotted what they now think was Lennie, the next-door’s lizard, clinging to the wall above their heads. Lennie is ginormous – almost as big as one of those huge crocodiles in the Northern Territory … and M Kaz took a photograph to show me … so if I see Lennie outside (we are not sure if Lennie is a girl or a boy), I can shout out “hello” so Lennie doesn’t feel too lonely – and knows that I’m not dinner. I’m going to ask her to print the photo out for me so I can keep it by my window and keep a watch-out. It would be nice to have another friend … because you know I haven’t heard from Mimi for a while. She’s been off on her own adventures … to some place called ChristineLand. (She could have asked me!)
There was a mighty storm this afternoon – with huge drops of rain and lot of thunder. I didn’t see any lightning though, so I felt quite safe looking out the window. And yes, I may have cuddled up with the dinosaur for a bit to keep him company because you know he’s not quite as brave as I am. He could do with another friend as well – so I’ll ask him to keep an eye out (he has really big eyes, all the better for seeing) for Lennie too. They might even be related.
It’s a pity the sloths in my day room aren’t a little more active because they could come out and be with Dino and Roger and me … but they’re really only good for napping with. Did you know that sloths usually live in trees – but we don’t have any of those in the house – and that the only time they come out of the tree is once a week when they use their litter tray. I suspect they have been using mine but I have no proof … yet! M Kaz has enough to do cleaning up after me … but I know she loves it. I’ve heard her say it’s like a treasure hunt! And can you believe she actually counts what she finds! And if she thinks I haven’t been “productive” enough, she’s always checking to see if I’m doing my fair share of eating and drinking so there will be proper “throughput”. Get a grip M Kaz … and call it like it is … it’s Pooh (no, not Tigger’s friend) … and Wee (even though they’re not!).
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