Pets Magazine October 2018

Of the group, Dagonet was the
funniest character.
“Well he was Arthur’s court
jester,”
explained
Davinia, with a
toss of those
wonderful
ringlets of hers.
“And he
certainly
makes me
laugh with the
pranks he gets
up to.”
all Dagonet’s fault. I
discovered he’d jumped up on
top of the washing machine
and reached across to flick on
was a knight in shining armour.
His description suspiciously
matched mine.
One such
prank of
Dagonet’s
involved the
central heating
in Davinia’s
home - aptly called Camelot
Cottage.
“I woke up one night very hot,”
she told me. “And had to throw
back my duvet. Can you
imagine?”
the central heating switch.
Same with the TV switch.”
Seems he was also responsible
for raiding the fridge. Clever
little fella. I managed to
I didn’t mind too much. At least
he didn’t have a stethoscope
dangling from his neck.
Vet
I could. All too clearly. Got
me hot and very bothered.
“So I went down to the
kitchen to get a drink,”
she went on.
“There were all the cats in the
front room watching TV,
warm as toast, spoils of a
midnight feast scattered over
the sofa and armchairs. It was
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compose myself sufficiently to
give him his annual booster.
When Davinia’s latest
Arthurian adventure was
published she left me a
complimentary copy. In it there
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