Oh the excitement! The sheep are back. They arrived yesterday and I barked a greeting to them. Actually, I probably barked a greeting to the whole village, but it\u2019s good to share the news. I was glad to have something to cheer me up really, what with Shadow being so full of herself. She had been taken out for a walk round the market in Easingwold and lots of people stopped her to tell her how beautiful she was. I think it may have slightly gone to her head. I know my Master and Mistress say I\u2019m handsome, but I don\u2019t get stopped in the streets all that much these days. I suppose I did when I was a puppy, so I shall just have to look forward to Shadow being an adult and people stopping noticing her quite as much.<\/p>\n
My human maternal grandparents are coming to stay from tomorrow. They haven\u2019t met Shadow yet. I do hope they don\u2019t forget to give me some fuss in their enthusiasm of meeting their first grand daughter. I know she\u2019s pretty, but it\u2019s no fun having that pointed out to you, all the time.<\/p>\n
My Mistress has discovered how annoying she must have been as a child. You might be surprised to realise it has taken her until now to find out, but it is all to do with history repeating itself. As a child, she spent hours hitting a tennis ball against the side of the house. Now that James is doing the same thing with a polocrosse ball, she is realising how the house reverberates and how difficult it is if you are the one inside the house while it\u2019s happening.<\/p>\n
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