Cow Island

'Ha! Ha! Go at them me lucky lads! Care not for health and safety! Run 'em through! Death! Death, slaughter and a bit more death! Kill 'em...Kill 'em a.....' 'There's nobody here,' said Lefty. '.....Oh! So there isn't!' bleated Flossie. 'Sorry, got carried away! Didn't notice.' 'Good speech though.' 'Did you like it? I didn't have time to write anything down. I was trying to keep it inspirational but short. I didn't want to get bogged down in the whole, we've only got one pointy sword, form a queue, take it turns, Dave gets first go because it's his, thing. Sometimes in leadership you have to take a back seat and show confidence in others abilities to problem solve.' 'I think you got it just right,' replied Lefty, 'and the 'care not for health and safety' quip went down very well.' 'I confess I had thought of that a while ago,' said Flossie. 'Just b...

'And so ,' continued Annie, 'I would like to thank my hooves, Norma, people who make scrummy cake, Bertha, a park bench called George, Captain Eyepatch, Geraldine and my chum Cyril.' Cyril gave Annie a round of applause. 'A most excellent speech,' he said. 'I made it up out of words,' replied Annie, 'I still have 2 'thes', 4 'ands' and a 'ahem' left over if you'd like to use them?' Cyril thought about it. 'I'll take 1 the, 1 and and the ahem, if that's alright?' 'It's a deal!' mooed Annie. 'Brilliant!' said Cyril. 'Now shall we eat the cup?' Annie nodded. 'If there's anything better than a cup, it's a cup made out of chocolate,' she added. 'Indeed,' agreed Cyril, 'but then we should have a look at your mittens and make sure they're drying properly.' 'I think so,' said Annie, 'I wouldn't want the stripes to run.' 'Can...