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| After a very long day!! |
Dear reader,
I appear to have been most remiss regarding a certain pals big day! This actually occurred ever so long ago when Master Bingo Little achieved his first Birthday!
I had of course intended to bring you up to date with events, and although the day came and went with many ‘Huzzar’s’ and ‘Hap! Hap’s!’ for some reason the moment passed and I’d become aware of a slight change in the young shavers demeanour.
Yes he was up for the usual games of squeaky ball, and stick or rope retrieving, but at other moments he seemed, for him, rather subdued. I’d tried to get to the bottom of the matter a couple of times, but only received a slight smile and a bit of a huff, puff and ‘oh nothing really.’
Finally, we’d been for a gentle stroll in the wood, and I was sitting on a dampish log getting my breath back, while the lad trundled about taking in the various scents. After a few minutes I was suddenly aware of his paw on my knee.
‘Um, what is all this about birthdays and such?’
‘Oh….well Bing they are anniversaries, that we like to remember and celebrate.’
‘Why?’
‘Well…um…..when a chap
‘Or Gal?’
‘Oh yes most assuredly Gals!’
I found myself feeling rather nervous as I looked into the troubled brown eyes….
‘Well…um….you see, its an event of great importance……each year we get a little….um…older, and so we like to remember each others Birthday!’
‘I see……so we get one of these each year?’
‘Yes that’s it’
‘Crumbs you must have had hundreds and hundreds Guv!’
‘Well not quite…..but a fair number.’
‘Not even a hundred?’
‘Um, no…I’ve still got a way to go thank you very much Bingo!!’
‘M’mmmm……..so I’m One?’
‘That’s right…just one year old.’
Suddenly the shadow that seemed to have been troubling him lifted instantly, and once again I was looking at the usual untroubled countenance.
‘Phew ancient Guv what a relief!’
‘Relief?’
‘Well yes, I thought maybe, being a young’un I'd forgotten any of the other Birthdays I might have had!’
‘No, that was number one!’
‘Well then that’s definitely one very large Hurrah followed by a big Woof, woof!’
‘Any other matters on your mind?’
‘Well yes as it happens there is…’
Feeling rather glad that I had solved one very deep question for the lad, I was in the mood to be as helpful as possible.
‘Well young Bing what is it?’
‘Do you know that there was a bit of a puddle on the trunk you’re sitting on and now it looks like you’ve had a bit of an accident?’
I leapt up!
‘Oh nuts!’
‘Now now, old codgers shouldn’t curse, it’s a very bad example for us who is only once a year old!’
Frankly I was too pleased to see the young chap bright and breezy again so I let the matter (and the ungrammatical sentence) pass……….let’s face it when I was one I was talking absolute bilge!!! (There are some who think I still does….I mean do!’)
Toodles for now!
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