Shadow came in asking if the flash of light had been down to one of us. It\u2019s been so long since we\u2019ve had lightning that it came as a bit of a surprise to us all. We were having tea as we do on any normal day. It had begun to drizzle when Mum took me out to the toilet so I was as quick as possible. She can get really annoyed when I take all day and she\u2019s getting wet. Then Ari went out and let\u2019s be honest, it was raining so heavily they both needed umbrellas. He came in looking very bedraggled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, it was Shadow\u2019s turn. The rain was even heavier, so the umbrella went up. There was Shadow in mid pee when there was an almighty flash of lightning and a clap of thunder. Well, Mum took the umbrella down again pretty sharpish and came out from under the trees. When they came in Shadow didn\u2019t just look bedraggled, her coat was sticking out in all directions. I swear she looked as though I\u2019d plugged her into the electrical socket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Given Shadow\u2019s hearing is not so good I don\u2019t think she\u2019d really grasped what was going on. She tried accusing Aristotle of turning the outside lights on to make her jump. Given he was still dripping wet, that wasn\u2019t very likely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These are the sorts of times we really need a log fire burning in the grate so we can curl up in front of it and dry out. Mum was the wettest. She\u2019d had to go out with all three of us. I didn\u2019t have much sympathy. If she hadn\u2019t been half an hour late feeding us we could have all stayed completely dry and watched it from indoors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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