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go off anywhere without him - & I'm quite sure that all his
comings & goings are controlled by the necessity of keeping
me in the corner of his eye. Often, when I stride off in
some direction or other, I have no idea that he is any
where about at all - he comes bounding along beside me
with a broad grin all over his face, as much as to say
'oh no you don't' - (my mother could give you the expression
to perfection). Yesterday morning, I went off on a bicycle
to see the M.O. about half a mile away - & as fast as
I went, he kept up - really annoying, while there an
alarm went for a fire practice, very much like the air
raid "all clear". The poor little chap remembers well the
air raids of a few months ago & connects at once each
alarm with bombs & A.A. fire & flashes - & away he
went under a table: I took him outside & he
positively streaked for home, me following on the
bike. And he has started two new tricks in the
morning now - one to wake me up, which he does
by rubbing a very cold & wet nose on mine - &
the other to be let out. I have sand fly netting
all over windows & the other morning he got up
on the table & went straight through this like
a circus dog. So I had it replaced with fine wire
gauze - he tried the same trick the next morning
& literally bounced back off it into the room; he
was furious & tried again with the same result
after which he leapt onto my bed & dashed at me
because I was laughing at him. I hope this does
not bore you - but he certainly is a card.

As for my officers - Oh God but they bore me &