{"id":13465,"date":"2017-08-05T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T05:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=13465"},"modified":"2017-08-05T06:00:52","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T05:00:52","slug":"saturday-5th-august-2017-living-with-a-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2017\/08\/05\/saturday-5th-august-2017-living-with-a-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday 5th August 2017 – Living with a fox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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We have a new housemate. He\u2019s called Niesen. Now to be fair, he\u2019s not moving a great deal and that\u2019s probably for the best. He\u2019s a sculpture. While they were on holiday our Mistress was struck by a wonderful fox sculpture in a shop window in Totnes. She thought no more about it until a large box was delivered to our house with the word \u2018fox\u2019 on the outside. Shadow and our Master had waited until our Mistress and Wilma had walked further down the street and slipped into the shop without her knowing. Wilma\u2019s fed up that she did not get to look round the shop, but our Mistress said that unless she starts getting the hang of the damage her paws can do then she won\u2019t be going into an art gallery anytime soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anyway, he\u2019s moved in and our Mistress is absolutely delighted. You may wonder why he is now called Niesen. He\u2019s named after the mountain opposite our friends\u2019 house in Switzerland. More to the point he is named after a character in a children\u2019s story based on the mountain. In the story it is the job of the Niesen Fox to go up the mountain each night and light the lamp on the very top so that planes know it\u2019s there. Alfie has a copy of the story and our Mistress reads it to him sometimes. They have copies in English and in the original German \u2013 the good thing is she can read both of them now, although Alfie has no idea what\u2019s she\u2019s saying if she reads it in German to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Granny though it would be nice if we told you what Megan is up to now. Our Mistress says she will try to get some up to date information and also see if she can visit her when they go to Germany in a few weeks. Megan was my girlfriend. She used to live here, but she wanted to be an only dog and have our Mistress all to herself. It was all very hard, as although we can all be a bit like that Megan started attacking Alfie out of Jealousy. I know our Mistress still misses her and often calls Wilma \u2018Megan\u2019 by mistake. Wilma is Megan\u2019s niece and does look very like her. I wish I could go and see her as I really idolised her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have a great Saturday<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aristotle<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find short stories to read at www.alfiedog.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alfie\u2019s Diary \u2013 the Book as well as our other books are available HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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