Ani’s Advent 2019! Doing what comes naturally … with Annabelle Franklin’s Pearl

Hi, Pearl here! My fellow canine author Ani has kindly taken time off from talking to the birds to host me on her blog. Feel free to head on over and find out how we Storyhounds help our human authors find ideas.

Sue Vincent's Daily Echo

Hi Santa,

I got into a bit of bother for talking to the birds today.

She knows I have to, because I’m a bird-dog… it’s in my blood, you see. But she says that while she doesn’t mind me having a word, other two-legses prob’bly just hear me barking… and they won’t like it.

She might have a point… ’cause normally, it’s just the pigeons I talk to. But I don’t get owls in the garden very often… and it’s not my fault they come out at night when two-legses want a bit of peace and quiet! I’m only doing what I was born to do… sorting out the feathered things and guarding my two-legs.

But heigh ho, they have some odd ideas sometimes that we should be how they want us to be… not how we are…

I’m not sure that’s very fair.

Mind you, fair or not, I’ll…

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