Me: Why is everyone looking so worried? The puppies have been at the window for ages.
Nell: I can’t stop thinking about those poor little things stuck in a palm tree with no hope of escape.
Me: Did you just say ‘palm tree’?
Nell: Yes.
Me: I’m really confused now. Has someone gone on holiday? Who are the poor little things?
Nell: Henry and Horst, of course. Who else would it be?
Me: Is this about the visit to the French Cafe?
Nell: Yes. I knew we couldn’t trust that spider.
Me: Has Sidney done something to Henry and Horst?
Nell: He says it was a mistake but I don’t believe him.
Me: You’d better tell me what happened.
Nell: The Cat had chosen a lovely table by the window at the French Cafe so it could monitor all the comings and goings.
Me: Good idea.
Nell: When a rather bossy looking Beefy with a moustache and long apron asked it to remove its hat.
Me: Why?
Nell: It was blocking the view.
Me: Fair enough, I suppose.
Nell: He wanted The Cat to hang it on a hat stand in the corner.
Me: I haven’t seen a hat stand in ages.
Nell: That’s not the point. Henry and Horst were on the hat and Sidney needed to set up his webcam.
Me: Oh yes.
Nell: Sidney had to move quickly so while The Cat was complaining he span a web to the neighbouring palm tree.
Me: As one does.
Nell: And Henry and Horst climbed off the hat and into the tree.
Me: Clever.
Nell: But they’re still there.
Me: What?
Nell: They’re all tangled up in the web.
Me: Why didn’t The Cat get them out?
Nell: Cats don’t like sticky things. Everyone knows that.
Me: Yes. Sorry.
