January 11th 2013

Today, zanks to me, zere was a brief breakthrough in paddock relations.
My Muzzerr waz too ‘ot to care for me zo she ‘anded me over to my Uncle zo ah pretended ah waz dead again.
Le Uncle, ‘e waz very concerned.
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Maate, he said, are you OK?
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Of course ah am not OK ah reply, can’t you see, ah am dead.
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Maaate, are you sure? Ee said in zat ridiculouz Australian accent of ‘is, because if that’s the case, someone had better have a yarn to your Mother.
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OK I said, I give up, ahm not really dead, but ah iz too ‘ot
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It’s hot alright, he said, it’s as dry as a frogs left armpit.
Ah imagine a frogs left armpit and zis make me laugh out loud.
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A frogs left armpit, ah sniggered, in a worldly zort of knowing way.
Ah did not admit to not ‘aving come across any direction froggy armpit before.
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My Muzzerr, sayz it is az dry az a bag of chaff I zaid.
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Ahh, said Le Uncle, well we won’t mention anything about a frogs armpit to her then.
Mum’s the word.
I wazn’t sure zen if ‘e waz talking about My Muzzer’s armpit  –  which in mah experience iz very ‘airy.
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Tell you what Mate, ‘e said…and ah waz all earz…
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Has anyone told you you look like Elvis?
Elvis oo? Ah zaid before ah could ‘alp muhself.
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It’s this hairstyle you’ve got going, he said.
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DON’T touch Le ‘air! I yelled but it waz too late.
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My Muzzerr, she spend a lot of time on my ‘air and she waz furious.
Ah ‘ad to get up zen.
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And zo zat waz zat, Le Uncle Persil is banned from mah company.
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January 10th 2013

 

Today, mah Muzzerr is still grumpy.
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Ah may ave tricked er wiz what le Uncle Persil calls ‘The Old Stone Trickaroo’.
‘E is Australian.
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Muzzerr, Muzzerr! ah yelled, Look, mah tongue ‘as turned to stone.IMG_5189

Look it ‘az…
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Between you and me, by zen it waz stuck to my teeths…
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Once ah got rid of le stone ah looked for zomezing else to do…IMG_5194

Muzzerr, Muzzerr!, look ah ave a big fang…
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Tusks, Muzzerr?
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She ‘as been in a terrible bad mood lately – ah do not know why.
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Muzzerr, Muzzerr, ah yell, you ‘ave got a big fat bottom.
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Luckily mah Uncle Persil got le blame for zat one.
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Ah make sure she get er exercise…
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Zen all of a zudden ah am zent off to  spend time wiz my imaginary friend.
Luckily, ee is very nice.
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Ah consult my imaginary friend…why is mah Muzzerr so grumpy already?
What ave ah done?
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But zen we got talking about ‘ow ‘andzome ah am and we talked for ‘ourz on zis zubject…
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And finally ah ‘ad to find la Milky Bar before ah starve to death.
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But quelle orror, ah am not allowed a drink until ah apologize for being a bad boy.
Ah ad forgotten all about it but I found out zat Muzzerrs – zey ave a very long memory.
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January 8th 2013

Today, zere waz a problem.
Ah decide zat if mah Muzzerr and Le Uncle are going to keep arguing over oo gets to be wiz me, ah shall lie down and pretend to be dead right in between zem both. So ah did.IMG_5143

When I checked to zee ow upset zey were…
(very craftily, keeping muh eyes closed of course because ah was meant to be dead)
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Uncle Persil was examining is toenails – nobody told me ee was gay
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And my Muzzer, she waz zo buzy pulling le faces at le Uncle she ad not even noticed ah was dead not even when ah zat up.
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Quite frankly, ah was astonished.
Zis is muh astonished look.
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Zen ah stopped being astonished –
it was getting boring and ah decided ah needed a drink.
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Ze problem wiz drinking, iz zat it cannot be undertaken lying down, even by me.
One must sort ones legs out and get up.
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As I was drinking it occurred to me just why my Muzzerr ‘ates Le Uncle.
Ee watches er while she breast feed. Naturally, she is embarrassed.
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Even le sheeps watch.
Zis iz Madame Moulamb Rouge, she ‘az a french name but she iz not french –
she iz a sheeps.
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Gollamb, ‘ee alzo watch but ‘e iz just a baby sheeps.
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Zere is no need to be embarrassed I zaid to my Muzzerr. But she merely grimaced.
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Australian males, she zaid, they get bored very quickly.
Apparently, according my Muzzerr, zey ave a short attention span and very bad mannerz.IMG_5173

Follow my lead she say; pretend to be asleep. Ah am a diligent zon.
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Ha! she said, several hours later (at least it felt like several hours)
He has gone now, you can wake up, My Son, we outfoxed him.
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Later on during an exhausting photo session, (Ah am a star you zee) Le Uncle Persil got mah Muzzerr back.
Eee photo-bombed our Muzzerr/Zon shoot.
It was going in Vague Magazine.
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