This is the big day. I think I\u2019m excited but I also think I\u2019m apprehensive. Do I need to behave differently around a girl? Will I be told to tidy my things up more often? Will she complain about my muddy paws? Do you think I need to avoid burping and farting? Obviously, I try to behave when my Mistress is around but I don\u2019t bother so much when she\u2019s out or when it\u2019s just us boys. I wonder if my Master has thought about having to behave properly with another girl in the house. I do hope she thinks I\u2019m good enough company for her; I\u2019d hate her to be disappointed with her new home.<\/p>\n
My Mistress does a good line in playing with the minds of young children. She told Andrew that the wireless mouse for her computer is operated by gnomes shouting to gnomes in the computer. She showed him the little red light inside and said \u201cThat\u2019s a gnome shining a torch.\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t be silly\u201d said Andy, \u201cit\u2019s electronics.\u201d Not bad for a six year old. However, my Mistress said \u201cDon\u2019t just take my word for it, ask your Dad.\u201d My Master was duly asked how the mouse works and he said it was just the one gnome shining the torch. Andy came back to see my Mistress and in all seriousness said \u201cSee, it\u2019s not gnomes. There\u2019s only one of them.\u201d Don\u2019t you just love children. I\u2019m planning to undo the mouse later when they are all out to see how many gnomes actually fall out. My Mistress is much better with computers than my Master, it\u2019s bound to be more than one.<\/p>\n
As a result of not being able to get marzipan from Belgium so easily now, and because she hasn\u2019t found anyone who makes good marzipan in this country yet, my Mistress has now started to work out her own marzipan recipe. Her first attempt isn\u2019t bad but I think it will be a while before she really works out how to make it taste as good as the stuff we used to buy. I\u2019m not planning to beg desperately for the home made stuff just yet!<\/p>\n
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