Well I've been hunkering down through this cold snap, I don't need to see my poor old pond to know its been frozen solid and all that. And, I seem to be being followed, most vexing it is too; just a flicker of jerky movement behind me, every time I turn quickly, like. Then it struck me, it's only my old tail!, I've pretty much lost the feeling in it you see, and although I can keep it off the ground, the end just kind of flops.. Of course with it not being sensitive, like it was, the 'kids', tend to sneak up and sniff it, as I tend to ignore them, as opposed to if they walk up to my front end, and I swipe 'em in greeting...

In fact the cheekiest, and I only tolerate this because I'm a little confused, and it's Prudence doing it, but she'll tap me very lightly on the shoulder when I'm eating, and when I look up, well you can guess, she steals a mouthful! Well I guess alls fair, as long as I get my extra 'old man's' rations....

Love Igor