Our \u2018D\u2019 litter will arrive in the next few days. Unlike the previous ones they will be delivered by Parcelforce and have Ikea as their parents. It was brought to my Mistress\u2019s attention that Ikea are selling soft toys which look just like us. You know what she\u2019s like, she had to have one\u2026 However, we live an hour\u2019s drive from the nearest Ikea and it isn\u2019t somewhere she normally passes. She found she could order one by post, but then she found the post cost was the same whether she ordered just one or a whole litter and you can guess the rest! This is what happens when she starts feeling broody. Shadow can\u2019t have another litter for at least six months and Megan is in Switzerland and my Mistress is missing her. Consequently Dino, Donatello, D\u2019Artagnan and Darcy will be arriving shortly. I think my Mistress is planning to get us all to pose for a \u2018family\u2019 shot! What is alarming is that in response to the toy being tested for safety, one of Ari\u2019s brother\u2019s humans said \u2018that is more than can be said for the real thing\u2019. I think that\u2019s just plain mean. We\u2019re perfectly safe although in another twist of irony, not only did Cinderella arrive just before midnight but she\u2019s developed a bit of a shoe fetish. Don\u2019t worry Cinders, you\u2019ll find one that fits eventually \u2013 just look for the one made of glass! Do you think that there is a risk that we live up to the name we are given at birth? Obviously in the case of Casanova my Mistress is hoping so, but would Aristotle have been less intelligent if he\u2019d been given a normal name? Would Cinders have been less keen on shoes and preferred dwarfs if she had been called Snow White? It does make you wonder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alfie\u2019s Diary \u2013 the Book is available at Amazon UK –https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B00583ZGSA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n You can find short stories to read at www.alfiedog.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"