Cow Island

'It's really all very straight forward ,' mooed Norma, 'or at least it seemed so when Annie first explained it.' 'Right,' said Captain Bill. 'And the principal is sound enough.' 'Really?' 'Well no, not really,' replied Norma, 'but as no one had had a better idea we went along with it.' 'So?' asked Captain Bill. 'So,' replied Norma, 'Annie has got an idea about how we can find the pirate sheep but that idea is buried so deeply in her subconscious that she can't access it.' 'OK!' 'So...we're going to scare it out of her.' 'By dropping...' '...A twenty ton block of granite on her head,' confirmed Norma. 'Well you've already managed to scare me,' replied Captain Bill. 'Of course it won't really happen...hopefully.' '.....Fine!' replied Captain Bill. 'But the danger has to be for real,' continued No...

'So I thought it would be quite expensive but then Lord Sir Cyril of Cheapdisguiseshire explained that because there was a Q an X and a Z in the month we didn't have to pay anything!' 'Really!' said Norma. 'Erm....how lucky for you!'  'I suppose we were just fortunate that it was the last day of Juqxzly,' replied Annie. 'And would I be correct in guessing that they threw in free delivery as well?' asked Norma. 'I was going to ask them about that,' replied Annie, 'but my chum said that the quarry pixies needed their sleep and so it would be best not to disturb them.' Norma looked at Annie and then rolled her eyes skyward. '.......So moving on,' she continued, 'as you can see the Mark 1 Think Thunk making machine is almost finished.' 'It's almost not quite exactly how I imagined it,' said Annie. 'That's good to hear,' replied Norma, 'and we've carried out some tr...