Me: Has The Growl on Sunday arrived yet?

Nell: Yes. I’m reading it now. Rupert delivered the papers first thing this morning.

Me: How exciting.

Nell: David is certainly ridiculously pleased to see his column. Have you seen the way he’s behaving?

Me: No. Why? What’s he doing?

Nell: Demanding Extra Cuddles.

Me: He does love a good cuddle.

Nell: Playing Cheeky Animals.

Me: Bless him.

Nell: Sitting in the yellow chair.

Me: Darling Big Brave Beautiful Boy. So affectionate.

Nell: He doesn’t need to throw himself at Kev like that.

Me: Kev’s fine. He and Jamie are so glad to see the first edition go out.

Nell: I’m interviewing Jamie for the next edition.

Me: Yes, I know you are. Dave worked awfully hard. He deserves a cuddle.

Nell: We all worked hard. I interviewed Sunny.

Me: I know you did.

Nell: Poppy submitted a recipe.

Me: Yes, and I told a joke.

Nell: Don’t remind me.

Me: How are Gladys and the llamas after yesterday’s Beefy attack, by the way?

Nell: They are out there now doing some kind of May dance with the Welsh corgi choir.

Me: I’m glad it hasn’t dampened their enthusiasm.

Nell: It will take more than a screeching Beefy to stop a llama from performing. Sharp beak or not.

Me: Talking about performing. Wasn’t Poppy magnificent?

Nell: She really is extraordinarily brave and a wonderful swordsdog.

Me: I’m not sure she meant to cut the Maypole in half though.

Nell: It certainly sent the Beefies flying.

Me: It was awfully kind of Alejandro to step in and pretend to be a Maypole.

Nell: Any excuse to wear his Aztec crown.

Me: I wish I had an Aztec crown.

Nell: Just go and put the kettle on while I finish reading.

Me: Yes. Sorry.

Me: Happy May Day everyone.

Nell: Thank you, and the same to you.

Me: It was lovely to see Tony again, wasn’t it?

Nell: Yes. Tony is going to keep an eye out for sharp beaked Beefies, by the way.

Me: Good. Is he coming to the Maypole Dance?

Nell: He wouldn’t miss it. He’s bringing Sue and Ollie.

Me: I suppose llamas dancing around a maypole carrying ribbons isn’t something you see every day.

Nell: Neither is Poppy in a full suit of armour brandishing her sword.

Me: She means business then?

Nell: She certainly does. Although Knitwear Wolf made an excellent suggestion at Morning Thoughts that might help avoid any violence.

Me: I know Rupert likes to talk things through but the time for peaceful negotiations might be over.

Nell: No. He suggested the Welsh corgi choir should be issued with pistols.

Me: I don’t think shooting the Beefies is the right way forward, Nell.

Nell: I’m talking about water pistols. Good grief. This isn’t The Godfather you know.

Me: What a relief. You had me worried then.

Nell: On another note, tomorrow is a big day for Kev and his team. David is particularly excited about his Ask Dave column.

Me: Yes, I can’t wait to read it.

Nell: Kev has asked us to pin a link to the World of Nell at the top of our Facebook page which people just need to click on to sign up for The Growl on Sunday.

Me: Good idea. It’s http://www.worldofnell.com/ isn’t it?

Nell: Yes. Can you hear that?

Me: It sounds like a huge flock of Beefies.

Nell: It is and they are heading towards the Maypole. Sound the alert.

Me: How do I do that?

Nell: By shouting ‘May Day! May Day!’ of course.

Me: Yes. Sorry.