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Aida

Good Afternoon dearest friends, I do hope you are very well and keeping dry in all these April showers.

A little while ago Jemmy Jim Jams my boss had quite a turn when she discovered the cost of tickets to the opera in London. She had to lay down in fact so you can tell it was extortionate! She said, 'This opera malarkey is a right ol' racket, I can't fathom why I never thought of it before!'.

Well dear readers, it all kicked off then as the ol' rabbit boss was on the blower sorting out costumes including a bargain batch of sandals!

The first we all knew of our part in Jem's money spinning plans was when the piglet possy were seen putting up posters for Aida!

I did get a bad feeling in my whiskers there and then!

Before we all knew it we were having to learn all the words of Verdi 's Aida which were all in Italian.

None of us could speak the lingo let alone sing it but we were too scared to tell ol' Jem so we made it all up! Jemmy can only speak Cockney so we knew we would get away with it.

'Laaaaa Laaaaaa la la Laaaaaaaaa'

Little Angus the marmalade kitten was a bit upset at first as he hadn't got a stage part in the grand production but his Godmother Jemmy put him in charge of scenery and gave him a knock off  tin of yellow paint and instructed him to make an Egyptian pyramid for our stage back drop.

Little Angus Muckflinger takes after his father and managed to get paint everywhere but he was very happy indeed. He sloshed a lot of yellow paint onto a giant triangular piece of chipboard that Jemmy found and the piglet possy nailed it to a tree to stop it blowing away in the wind and knocking us all out.

Gizzy Whizzy got all into the emotion and drama needed for the part of Aida. Boo Boo Massou volunteered the bongo drumming bunnies to do all the music accompaniment and stage movement as long as she could play the High Priestess. Atticus was told he was the King of Egypt and at first Jem said he shouldn't wear his glasses for authenticity but when he didn't turn up for the first dress rehearsal and mistakenly caught the bus to Bogna... Jem let him keep his specs on. Tatty who has got quite a nice singing voice played the head of the guard. My costume had to be let out a bit by Lavinia at the emergency last minute due to my nervy intake of raspberry doughnuts but we did look very good in the end!

Jem sold LOTs of tickets!

Nobody noticed the trail of yellow kitten footprints leading from the chip board pyramid as our singing wowed the audience so much.

The audience didn't know what we were on about though so Jemmy sent the Morrello Cherry Brothers out with signs instructing all the little animals in the audience to clap and cheer!

During the interval, Deirdre the Goat managed to shift all the tubs of her new Morrello Cherry Liqueur goat milk ice-cream and Jemmy took a percentage of the takings. The ol' rabbits taking tin from ticket sales was full and everyone had a super time. 

I love to give you happy endings dear friends but as I always say..

Watch your whiskers out there - however, I have heard some unnerving news that Jemmy is in talks to transfer to the West End...

Tree Top Trouble

Topiary Trouble

Good Afternoon dearest friends of Idgie the Cat.

I do hope you are all very well. Make yourselves a cup of tea and catch up with the latest news.

At last there is some dry sunny weather and Gizzy and I thought we would try to earn a little bit of kitty cash doing some hedge trimming. We went to this big posh house where the hedge was really wild and out of control. The gravel drive was full of weeds. I negotiated a good price to tidy it all up with the owner who had a flashy sports car and a scary dog.

Any ordinary cats  with just a broom and clippers wouldn't have taken on such a massive hedge job but as you know working for Jemmy Jim Jams all these years we have learnt not to fear working on big things.

Well dear friends as I always say you want to watch your whiskers out there!

Gizzy and I worked very hard at trimming and tidying up but when we went to collect the money the bloke told us to scram!
He said we hadn't got a thing in writing and we should clear off or he would set Rivet the Doberman on us!

Well...Gizzy and I legged it to the gate and were about to wriggle through the bars when the doberman burst into tears. She said she was so sorry and what a lovely neat job we had done.

She told us her real name was Milly and she couldn't stand being a security dog and wearing a spiky collar. All Milly ever wanted to be was a Nanny! Gizzy and I reassured her that Jemmy Jim Jams the Mafia Godmother would be back for revenge and to rescue her.

Gizzy and I ran to Jems Bunker and we told the ol' rabbit boss that we had been properly done over.

Jemmy made a few phone calls and sent Atticus out to cause mayhem with the wiring of the electronic sliding security gate.

Atti clipped a few wires and tied a few knots....the next morning the flashy sports car wasn't flashy anymore!

CRUNCH!

It was then that Jemmy announced out of the blue her secret burning desire to take up topiary.

She had acquired a few topiary guide books and looked at the pictures and felt it was time to give it a whirl. Lighting up one of her stinking cigars she bounced off to the newly trimmed hedge and did some interesting sculpture work with a modern twist.

Mysteriously at that time Milly the Doberman went missing...

I understand from Jemmy that she is doing very well at the Daisy Petal Kitten Creche...

I hope you enjoyed catching up with my news and do take care of yourselves.

Ta Taa!

Valentines Day Special : Boo Boo sings 'Hard to Handle'

Baby, here I am 

I'm a girl on the scene 

I can give you what you want 

But you got to come home with me 

I've got some good old loving 

And I got some more in store 

When I get through throwing it on you 

You got to come back for more 

Girls and things will come by the dozen 

That ain't nothing but drugstore loving 

Pretty little thing 

Let me light your candle 

Cause, baby, I'm sure hard to handle now 

Yes, I am 

Actions speak louder than words 

And I'm a girl with a great experience 

I know you got another girl 

But I can love you better than she can 

Take my paw, don't be afraid 

I want to prove every word I say 

I'm advertising love for free 

So won't you place your ad with me 

Girls and things will come by the dozen 

That ain't nothing but ten cent loving 

Groovy little thing 

Let me light your candle 

Cause, baby, I'm sure hard to handle now 

Yes, I am 

Baby, here I am 

I'm a girl on the scene 

I can give you what you want 

But you got to come home with me 

I've got some good old loving 

And I got some more in store 

When I get through throwing it on you 

You got to come back for more 

Girls and things will come by the dozen 

But that ain't nothing 

But ten cent loving 

Pretty little thing 

Let me light your candle 

Cause, baby, I'm sure hard to handle now 

Yes, I am 

Hey, give it to me 

I got to have it 

Good old loving 

Hey, said give it to me 

I got to have it 

Good old loving 

Hey, said here I am 

Hey, I got to have it...

'Hard to Handle' original lyrics and composed by Otis Redding, Allen Jones and Al Bell.