Tree trouble

Oh picked aubergines chopped up into tiny pieces! My feathers are all knotted in anxiety.

We had some dreadfully awful news yesterday. One of our trees in the front garden fell over on to the overhead power lines. I am so very very filled with upsetness.

It looks like the tree was dying and just couldn’t stand up any longer and maybe yesterday was just too much for it. And because the tree fell on the power lines it’s pushed three of the power lines together and they are ALL BUNCHED UP. I am so filled up with the worries.

Daddy phoned up the people who own the power lines, and they sent someone round straight away to have a look at the problem which I thought was a bit stupid because it was raining, and water and electricity don’t mix – I thought everybody knew that.

But anyway, the man who came round had obviously had electricity training and he stayed safe. Which was good. He said that the situation would be ok for the night but in the morning he was going to speak to his boss and recommend that this was an urgent job which needed fixing.

That was yesterday, and now it’s nearly my bedtime today and nothing has been done yet. Mummy says it will probably be done tomorrow.

I hope it isn’t going to be very expensive. I expect it will be. It will probably cost tens and tens of dollars. And I am so very very sure that Mummy and Daddy don’t have that kind of money. I told Mummy that I was worried that she wouldn’t be able to buy me anymore food but she said that she would and that if anything, it would be chocolate she would have to give up. Oh pan fried aubergines. This is so dreadful. This is so dreadful. How will Mummy manage without chocolate?

RABBIT's leaving

Oh chicken fried aubergines! I really do not know what to think. I am all turmoiled inside. Mummy told me this afternoon that RABBIT was leaving. I didn’t say anything. I just sat there concentrating really really hard because there was a yippee jumping up and down inside of me but I wouldn’t let it come out. I think I’m supposed to be sad that RABBIT is going but I’m not. I know he was only trying to be friendly with all his hugs but he was so big and clumsy. And I am only a little owl. The truth is, RABBIT scared me.

And so I put on the bestest sad face I could. And then I just sat there. And I didn’t say anything.

I think Mummy thought I was really really sad and she tried to cheer me up by telling me that we were never going to be RABBIT’s permanent home and that a foster home had been found for RABBIT and that if RABBIT fitted in well, which Mummy thought would be the case, his new family would adopt him!

Mummy asked me if I would like to say any last words to RABBIT before he left. Oh boy! Talk about my brain being in overdrive! It had to think really quickly. I didn’t want to lie, but I didn’t want to make RABBIT sad either. So I told RABBIT that it was difficult for me to express how I felt about him leaving.

I think RABBIT thought I was very sad because he gave me one of his giant hugs - fortunately I saw it coming and took a great big breath before he grabbed hold of me and squeezed me tightly. And then he put me down, hopped out of the dining room and stood at the top of the stairs waiting for Mummy to take him to his new home.

I may never see RABBIT again. Why does that not make me sad? Am I such a dreadful owl for feeling this way???

Triple chocolate mice

Hello everybody

It’s Octavia Owl here. Oh purple spotted aubergines! I am so full of the emotions!

Everything started off so very perfectly on Christmas Day. I opened my presents and do you know what I got! Oh do you know what I got! I better you will never ever guess. Not in a million, billion chocolate mice years.

I got A GIANT BOX OF TRIPLE CHOCOLATE MICE. I was so very happy. It was just what I had always wanted and all of my dreams had come true, all in one go! It was turning out to be one of my bestest Christmas Days ever.

And then we had Christmas photos and RABBIT got very excited because I had given him this HUGE carrot toy to play with. RABBIT liked it very much and wanted to thank me by hugging me and I said yes because I was in a good mood and he hugged me so very tightly – UPSIDEDOWN. It was ok I guess but I was glad when he put me down.

After that it got very noisy everyone was playing with their presents. And Mummy and Daddy were getting ready to go out for Christmas Day and then Mummy came and grabbed me and said I was going with them because she wanted to take special Christmas photos of me. So she stuffed me in her camera bag and off we went.

And that’s where I stayed! For days and days and days and days and days. Mummy never did take any photos of me. She was having so much fun that she got side tracked and forgot all about me! Can you imagine how angry I was! No food! No triple chocolate mice. No one to talk to! I hooted so very loudly but no one heard me.

And when Mummy finally remembered about me, a WHOLE WEEK had gone by. I tell you, I was exploding with crossness at Mummy. She has been so neglectful that I don’t think is capable of looking after me any longer. I tell you, I am very tempted to find a new home but I think the only proper thing to do is to be a grown up owl and forgive Mummy.

Besides. She did buy me A GIANT BOX OF TRIPLE CHOCOLATE MICE.