Box of Frogs

Posting this as a reminder of Miranda's madness this evening. We had a call about seven from a neighbour that the baby Tawny Owl had fledged and was sitting on a low branch of the tree, eyes closed trying to ignore them oggling at it - did we want to come and see it? Miranda has been talking non-stop about it for the last few days, so we went.

Upon our return she proceeded to bed with her stuffed mousey for bedtime story. We naturally chose an owl book which described the life and dietary habits of a Barn Owl, and having got to the bits when she detected a mouse being eaten, took to covering the mouse's ears! This escalated to my having to change the words to "chocolate cake" just in case he could hear.