Cow Island

'We should have left sooner,' mooed Horace. 'Possibly,' replied Cyril. 'And I shouldn't have had that last lemon drizzle cake,' 'No you shouldn't,' agreed Cyril. 'I should have.' Do you think they're very far ahead of us?' 'Does it matter?' 'I worry about them, well, Norma mostly.' 'They'll be fine,' replied Cyril. 'They've got Norman with them. There's no need to rush. Actually, I could do with  a nap.' But we've only just got going!' 'In my experience, it's best to have a nap as soon into a journey as you can, or better still, forget the journey and stay at home, put your hooves up and eat something substantial.' 'They might be just over that next rise?' suggested Horace. Well, why don't you run ahead and have a look and I'll make a thorough investigation of the grass under this tree.' 'I'm not sure I want to g...

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzhellozzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! Annie here, Norma (my best friend) says I am to tell you that we're almost down the other side of the great big thing. Now it's like this, Bertha or Ms Bossy Hooves Bertha as I may start calling her, keeps on insisting that we get up early because that's what real climbing people do. Why would I want to be a real climbing people person??? I'm more than happy being a little cartoon cow person! I've warned Bertha that if I have to try to be two people persons there is more than a slight chance that I could become mildly confused. I have also pointed out that if you take Mr Early Morning and tuck him up in a duvet for a couple of hours, then when you take him out again he will have become Mr Almost Lunchtime, which is a far better time to be getting up! Thank you for your attention. Annie : (yawn) Going back to sleep nowzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz