The Bees have now painted over the patches they put up yesterday.
I'm afraid that the finished effect is a lot less 'undetectable' than I'd hoped, but at least they've made the effort.
Unlike Wilson, who fell asleep reading his Rupert the Bear Annual, and had to be woken to admire the completed job.
Tomorrow is Mothers' Day, but W has forgotten to buy a card for his Mum, Mrs Vermilingua, so intends to Skype her tomorrow.
I have been given strict instructions not to let him forget!
There was no blog yesterday because I insisted that Wilson repaired the dining room wall, where all the nails he'd hammered into it had caused numerous unsightly cracks.
The Bees, Polly and Billi, both being much more practical than Wilson (which honestly isn't saying a lot) offered to help, and before starting they all sat round discussing the best way to tackle the problem.
For some reason they decided that the best solution would be to stick paper over the cracks, then re-paint the patches to match the original wall colour.
They used pages from one of W's old Rupert the Bear Annuals to paste over the cracks, even though he hadn't finished it — so he sat reading the annual, then tearing out each page as he completed it. The bees would then paste it and stick it on the wall.
All the children were wisely kept well out of the way, lest there be some terrible glue-related incident.
Today the re-painting begins...
Hello, we are The Bees, Polly and Billi, and this is our guest blog.
First of all, let us say how very sorry we are that this is a day late — there was no blog yesterday because Mad Uncle Zoltan had eaten through a computer cable or something, and we had to wait until a new one came this morning from those very nice people at Amazon Prime... [If only they paid their UK Taxes! 😕]
Oh, and we'd forgotten that we don't call Uncle Z 'mad' any more. Sorry.
Today we're very concerned by the mess Wilson has made of the dining room wall by putting up all his PeTA posters with nails. I think we're going to have to help him put the damage to rights, or his New Dad will probably get quite cross. Or sad.
Anyway, our big news this month is that the lovely Pooh Bear — you know, the Bear of Very Little Brain, who lives in the Hundred Acres Wood with piglet and his friends — he's written a book ALL ABOUT BEES! There are lots of lovely paintings in the book, and you can have a look at it here:
http://tinyurl.com/qd6lm8u
Actually, the Hundred Acre Wood isn't very far from where we live here in Uckfield!
Anyway, we've been The Bees and we'll see you next month. 🐝 🐝
Until then, BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE GOOD!
Wilson gathered everyone in the dining room and gave a short speech about the evils of wearing fur that wasn't actually growing out of your own body, announcing, 'I would rather go NAKED than wear another animal's fur!'
After a brief, but dramatic pause, he pulled the cord to part the drapes.
The curtains were rent in two, and the room was filled with the sound as of a rushing, mighty wind as all present gasped.
'But it looks just like you ALWAYS look!' Johnson Major cried...
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Wilson has asked me to point out that there are TWO versions of his photo, because of Facebook's well-known objection to nipples: in the first photo he is COMPLETELY naked, whereas in the second he has concealed his offending parts.
He urges anyone who is easily offended NOT to look at the first picture.
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Today's FURbruary Task Suggestion: Don't Nag your Anteater to take Showers!
I have succumbed to that scourge of humanity, Man Flu :-(
However, Wilson has been so busy over the last few days that he hasn't had time to even notice. He hasn't had time to mock my symptoms or tell me I'm making a terrible fuss.
Best of all, he hasn't had time to make me any of his Mum, Mrs Vermilingua's Sovereign Cure-All, her secret-recipe (and foul-tasting) Ant Soup with Extra Lumps!
So while I suffer in silence, Wilson is in the dining room nailing up some 'unveiling curtains' behind which his naked photo will remain hidden until it is revealed to a waiting and unsuspecting world tomorrow, the Last Day of FURbruary. It's going to be quite a big event!
And as soon as that's done, he must start his preparations for National Ant Day next Sunday.
It's a busy life he leads — no wonder he doesn't have time to go to school...
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Today's FURbruary Task Suggestion: Romance a Red Lipped Batfish!
