Lyra’s Life – Chapter 3
“Well!聽 Look who came to see me in the Lodge a couple of weeks ago (sorry, I鈥檝e been so busy!) I have heard that we have a welfare dog, and I didn鈥檛 quite believe it but here she is! And on the whole she鈥檚 ok鈥�
“She doesn鈥檛 enjoy quite the celebratory status that I do, but then she is only a dog. 聽She came just to see me and I can see we are going to be good friends. She likes cats, so clearly has good taste and I have decided to grace her with my patronage while it suits me to do so. Her name is Dot, Dotty to her friends like me (because I think she probably is a bit dotty like all dogs) and while she is bigger than me and annoyingly boisterous when she barges into my Lodge, she already understands that I am in charge. Of everything. Including Dave. And now including Kayleigh. Of course.
“But I was very pleased to see her. It gave me yet another opportunity to demonstrate my fearless feline catitude to my adoring public, who will just love the whole David/Goliath thing going on here.
“Oh, I know she鈥檚 a spaniel and soppy as they come, but she鈥檚 so big and I鈥檓 so little!聽 She said that Dotty鈥檚 own cat shares her basket. Imagine that, a big self-heating furry thing to cuddle up to on a cold night. Now perhaps a Univ dog might not be such a bad idea after all?聽 I wonder what Ms Valerie might say to that if I ask her very, very nicely鈥�?
“Thank you to everyone who has come to see me for cuddles and even little supervised walks! This is all so much fun and now something called Christmas is apparently coming, which sounds super exciting…”
(Cat translation courtesy of Angela Unsworth, Domestic Bursar)
Published: 25 November 2021