Since the big tree .. had been cut down the apple tree had much more space and Mary saw it was full of blossom.

She had been longing to the outside but after the washest winter on record she was nervous about opening and closing the back door. So hot and the garden looked so Green and actually took the keys off the hook inserted them into the lock and the door opened as easily as a babies mouth to the breast.

Mary stepped outside. The air itself was warm and scented.

She saw Emile. He was sitting underneath the Bench  on the terrace.

Are you hiding so that you can watch the birds, Mary said to her cat.

Why are you always so critical of others motives the animal replied pensively

. Oh I’m sorry I expect it’s because I’m rather anxious at the moment since my cousin has died suddenly

What’s the point of being anxious he asked her

Sometimes it’s just like a wave of something sweeping over me Mary told him I just have to hang on and wait for it to pass,

But now that the weather so much better we will all feel a lot more cheerful and no doubt that’s why Sunak has not called a general election yet

The voters will think its he who has improved the weather will they ?

Well you see we are like that we humans we think correlation means causation so if the weather is good when they’re called as an election then the man calling it must be the best man to win

Aristotle is dead the cat toay ld her politely and I’m very glad because he would be very upset to hear you  ssomething that souns logical but is actually just rubbish to be honest.

Will a male we can’t be clever and thoughtful all day long sometimes we have to say whatever nonsense comes into our heads

Oh look there’s Annie. I think she’s coming this way I’ll go and put the kettle on so we can all have a cup of tea on on the terrace for the first time since September 2023.

How greatl,Annie cried. We forget how wonderful it is to be able to open the doors and the windows and when it’s warm enough to sit outside without a coat on. Or in the case ile when he has to hide under the Venice because the sun is too hot for someone with a fur coat that he can’t remove.

Yes cats obviously should be living in a very cold climate and yet lions and tigers have got fur on and they live in hot countries in Africa all very mysterious.

But it’s lucky they can’t take their faur off because then  . Zayv would need

washing machines and soap powder and washing lines in the jungle to dry their fur

That would put off people going on holidays and taking safaris

Imagine your holiday photographs of lions and tigers and leopards standing with nothing on underneath washing lines full of fur and by the way what would they have used for clothes pegs?

Everyone bu4st out laughing and so shall all of us