Later, Wilson replied to the Mayor's Office, stating explicitly that he would be available for the Grand Xmas Street Lights Turn-On Ceremony, should his services be required.
Assuming a favourable reply (you can't say he's not an optimist!) he retrieved his medal from the fridge, taped it to his chest and went into the living room to rehearse the Big Turn On, as he calls it.
'Fellow Uckfieldians!' he declaimed loudly, 'Or perhaps Uckfielders! I don't even know, but probably one or the other! Welcome to the Uckfield 2016 Xmas Lights Big Turn On! It is with ginormous pleasure that I declare these lights... Turned On!'
With that, while Polly and Billi the Bees applauded enthusiastically, Wilson stretched out his paw to turn on the living room lights.
The switch was just beyond his reach, and he toppled off his podium onto the floor.
Happily only his pride was hurt, and as he gathered himself up he remarked, 'I hope the real switch is a bit lower than that...'
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