Bernard’s had ‘is hand
Nearly mad before you cleaned
He was polishing the glass with a dead hen.
Hold of a cow’s nose for me he would say solemnly
Came in elegant white cartons, so much more impressive than
As long as a man can pay ’is way, he’s got enough.
Clear-skinned
I have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my cheek with claws carefully sheathed. These things, to me, are expressions of love.
When things weren’t going well he carried on long muttered conversations with himself, but when he was particularly pleased about something he was inclined to break into a loud, tuneless humming.
There are great days ahead!
I wish people would realize that animals are totally dependent on us, helpless, like children, a trust that is put upon us.
This old man had once told me that he left school when he was twelve, whereas I had spent most of the twenty-four years of my life in study. Yet when I looked back on the last hour or so I could come...
No animal is a better judge of comfort than a cat
Back of the tongue and into the mouth, and when it came within
Northern Pennines.
I overheard one youngster asking another: Has he grilled you on the causes of fits in calves yet? Don’t worry, he will. That made me feel suddenly old but there was compensation on another occasion wh...
And as I methodically trimmed the overgrown nails, wrathful bubbles escaped on either side of the bandage along with his splutterings. If dogs could swear I was getting the biggest cursing in history....
Often, too, they would slip half a
Me dad used to say a strange dog would allus get a cow up. There were murmurs of assent from the assembled farmers and immediate offers of dogs. I tried to point out that one would be enough but my au...
Cuando todo el mundo sigue por un camino, yo cojo el otro.