Unheard Of Happenings

Oh dear oh dear. WOONN became hysterical - Her chickens have got red mites. (From her reaction Myself think she considers that any creature belonging to her is simply Not Allowed to get anything remotely nasty.) ONN had to come out with a big glass of wine to calm her down. Then another one as the first hadn't quite worked. They sat on the bench and considered the problem. Finally she sent him out to buy disinfectant (lots and lots) from the vets and several brushes and mops. Then the pair of them let the chickens out one by one and powdered them all over. (Good teamwork - She invited one out, he grabbed and shoved its head into a plastic bag and she donned pink rubber gloves and powdered generously.) Then they scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed the hen house. (And she did too - Unheard of.) Unfortunately their neighbour (He of the BBC's) was less than impressed that her mangy and thickly powdered birds were hobnobbing with his healthy ones and a Slight Altercation ensued.



After the show had finished TB and Myself went to see what TYK was up to. (Silence is always worrying.) We Did Not Believe Our eyes. There was the little horror, sitting on My doorstep, eating from one of My antique Worcester Royal Lily dishes, and from the look of it She had given it My jelly snack. And it was purring while She stroked it. TB and Myself looked long and hard into each other's eyes and saw What To Do.



TYK was distinctly flattened and had great trouble getting out from underneath. Then its tiny paws slipped in the jelly and it bumped its little head on the floor and emitted a pained squawk. Lost its footing going up the steps too which meant We could both thump it again. Escaped and disappeared. We utterly ignored Her and all the squawks She was making and cleaned the jelly off the carpet (slightly furry but extremely tasty) and then went to visit OLAHF.