They all went to the village pantomime last night, without me! I would have liked to have gone, but someone needed to stay at home to keep an eye on Shadow and sadly I was delegated that task. We are now having all the usual jokes about \u2018He\u2019s behind you\u2019 and \u2018Oh no he isn\u2019t\u2019, but I\u2019m sure in time things will return to normal. (Offstage cries of \u2018Oh no they won\u2019t\u2019). It\u2019s fun seeing lots of people you know, dressed up as different characters. You never quite see them in the same light again. I\u2019d have liked to have been in it. I want to play the back end of a pantomime horse, although my Mistress pointed out that with four legs already, I might have had to play the whole horse. She has said that she would like to be in it next year. In which case, I definitely want to go and watch. I wonder if her part could have a faithful dog by her side?<\/p>\n
For the book she is writing at the moment, my Mistress needs to go and see some places first hand so that she can give better description of them. One of the places is a walk by the river Fosse near Haxby. I\u2019ve volunteered to go with her for that one. In the book, the lead character goes there with his faithful companion, Tammy the dog. For this purpose, I am offering to take Tammy\u2019s role and tell my Mistress how the dog would have seen the walk, so that she can make the writing completely authentic. Unfortunately, the book doesn\u2019t include very much, if any, of Tammy\u2019s perspective. I think this is a sad omission on my Mistress\u2019s part and that she needs to go further to give equal parts to animals.<\/p>\n
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