Me: You really enjoyed our walk by the river, didn’t you?
Nell: Yes. I was able to take my time and enjoy a good sniffari.
Me: The highlight was finding those snowdrops.
Nell: I’m not sure anyone will see them in the photo.
Me: They will. Besides it’s a lovely photo of you. They all are. You’re such a classic beauty.
Nell: Most kind.
Me: I see the way Knitwear Wolf looks at you.
Nell: Rupert is a dear and loving friend to us all.
Me: Unlike that wretched lion. Asking for Dave as his assistant. He’s up to no good.
Nell: Lionel knows he can trust Dave.
Me: But we can’t trust him. Whatever he says. He better not harm my boy.
Nell: David is not doing this alone. Henry will be monitoring proceedings from under his hat and relaying it all to Horst in Louse Code.
Me: How will Henry see anything if he’s under Dave’s hat?
Nell: He has a spyhole. If there’s any danger Henry will alert Horst and we’ll get them both out.
Me: We?
Nell: Owl Pacino and the Royal Owl Force are on standby and Rupert and I can be there in a jiffy.
Me: How are you going to get anywhere in a jiffy?
Nell: I shall travel in Rupert’s sidecar.
Me: Dave is never going to resist eating the bacon by mistake. You know that, don’t you?
Nell: He’s going to give it a jolly good try. The Beefies are paying him in bacon so any losses will be taken from his wages.
Me: When is his first shift?
Nell: Lunchtime today. He’s working all weekend.
Me: Poor Darling Big Brave Beautiful Boy. Literally lured into the Lion’s Den.
Nell: It’s a Bacon Bap van. Stop being so dramatic.
Me: Sorry.
