Finally, the great day arrived when Chewie obviously felt that his work was done
and his hole ready for its purpose, and one hot morning during the Great Heat Wave
of 2003, he very slowly and deliberately (because these sort of things aren't
easy when you're nearly eight-and-a-half and have a touch of arthritis) stepped
into the hole, turned himself around and lay down with a satisfied smile on
his face as though to say, 'See, Stupid! it's a wolfhound cooler!' |
Chewbacca wasn't the world's most enthusiastic digger - he preferred a good sing-song
to a digging party, but . . . |
The Mysterious Case of Chewbacca and the Pit |
. . . in the summer of 2003 he began a serious excavation in the corner of the garden,
under the hedge between us and our neighbours. Accusations that he was secreting
the soil in bags sewn into his trouser legs by Darcy were strenuously denied . . |
. . . but it was clearly a serious undertaking, with Chewie going to great lengths
to keep watch over the cavern whenever he wasn't busy working on it. Speculation
was rife - was it an escape route from Branigan - or worse? Was it intended
for Branigan?? |
