The Big Softie

I spent all last night comforting the Big Softie. You'll never believe what Mrs Owner did to her, I can't believe how callous that woman can be sometimes.

The Big Softie (BS) had had a bit of a lazy day as They went out and left us in the garden with no food all day. When They do this BS has to sit at the back door and wait for them to get back, sometimes it's only an hour or so and sometimes They seem to be gone for days - I don't know how long it was yesterday because I fell asleep under the yew tree in the shade and left BS on guard.

So when They got back we had to make up for several hours of not eating. Even the Serene One was waiting for them and she's normally gone all day down in the neighbour's vegetable patch keeping his mouse population down. So, we managed a bowl of food each (still those horrid dry biscuits) and settled down for a bit of a doze since we were all quite well brought up and have to let our dinner settle down before we can go and check out all the mouse holes again.

So it was quite late when BS went off to check the holes in her patch (we have our own designated hunting areas). I had been cruelly locked away for the night and wasn't allowed out again, but poor BS had just got herself a little shrew to play with and Mrs Owner told her she had to come indoors. Naturally she wanted to do her duty and dispatch the little blighter before bed and was just getting into the swing of things when Mrs Owner grabbed her, picked her up and locked her indoors. BS was distraught and swore and cried (so she must have been upset, she doesn't normally say much at all), then she scowled and scowled at Mrs Owner until They went to bed.

She was pretty upset, I can tell you, so I had to give her a good grooming session to calm her down. I even offered her some of my precious jelly food but she was too upset even to lick the jelly off it.

Owners can be so cruel!