April 2016

Caspar was sworn into the fire brigade this month. The boy that is seemingly unaware of the primary function of a mobile phone may be notified by SMS that he is required to get to the fire station in 5 minutes to respond to an emergency call. School takes priority, but weekends, evenings and nights he should be on full alert. Caspar and 'full alert' is an unusual coupling, and the chance of him responding to anything at night would be remote, save that, since Elizabeth's birthday and the arrival of Mr Muddle, the long-yearned-for hamster, everyone, apart from Elizabeth, is wide awake in the small hours listening to him go round his squeaky wheel.