My Mistress is trying to lose weight. It\u2019s not something I aspire to, but she does sometimes inflict her dieting ideas onto us. I think she is under the mistaken impression that if she has to suffer then so should we. She is half way to her target and I\u2019m happy to steal food to fill in the gaps in mine. She wonders why I don\u2019t lose weight easily, but she doesn\u2019t see the things I scavenge. I\u2019m not fussy and fortunately was born with the luxury of a cast iron digestion system so feel very little ill effect. I try to keep my thefts as little noticed as possible. It\u2019s only when I\u2019m really desperate that I will overtly steal a sandwich or a plate of something tasty. Most of the stuff is what gets dropped on the floor, where it seems that despite my age I\u2019m still as fleet of foot as I ever was. I might not have the agility of the others but in a straight line where there is food involved I will win paws down. It\u2019s better when there are children here as they have the amazing capacity for slipping foodstuffs they don\u2019t like off their plates and under the table without so much as an eyebrow being raised. As long as I eat quietly I\u2019ve found we can collude pretty well and are both happy with the end result.<\/p>\n
My Mistress\u2019s German learning is still progressing. Apparently she now knows enough to read 51% of articles on the internet. She pointed out that the flaw in this logic is that what it really means is she can read every other word.<\/p>\n
I wondered how that might work out but using the last couple of sentences as an example you would get a very different meaning.<\/p>\n
\u2018My xxx German xxx is xxx progressing. Xxx she xxx knows xxx to xxx 51% xxx articles xxx the xxx.\u2019<\/p>\n
It doesn\u2019t make enough sense to be a real achievement<\/p>\n
Alfie\u2019s Diary \u2013 the Book is available at Amazon UK –https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B00583ZGSA<\/a><\/p>\n You can find short stories to read at www.alfiedog.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"