Friday 20 March 2009

And the winner is...

The excitement was intense as Policeman Badger stepped forward to announce the results. He started off by saying how excellent he thought all the entries were and how hard it had been for the judges to reach the decision. He then continued by talking about each of the entries in turn. This may have been a mistake, as the chicks started to get severely impatient and started to take matters into their own beaks. One of them was even on the table and approaching the cup, when PC Badger realised the situation and hurriedly got to the point. "And the Winner is the Amazing Bongo!". Everyone cheered, and even though I was a bit disappointed, I had to admit that the best animal had won. Anyway, any feelings of jealousy soon wore off as we had an amazing after-show party with cakes and jellies (bone flavour for me) and a lot of seed on the floor for you-know-who.

I'm going to go back to the drawing board and improve my act. I clearly need something even more spectacular. I wonder who will let me saw them in half?

Monday 16 March 2009

A talented Monkey


The next competitor to reach the final of the Grand Talent Competition was "Bongo the Monkey and his Beautiful Assistant Amanda". Actually, Bongo's not his real name, but Amanda Lamb did look very nice in her new dress, and there's no denying that he's a very clever monkey indeed. He can do amazing balances and acrobatic moves and he was definitely the crowd's favourite, especially when he claimed that he could do magic tricks as well. I don't think that making bananas disappear by eating them is really magic, but the audience thought it was hysterical.
Of course, I know who won the Grand Prize, but you're just going to have to wait until Friday, because I've got too much homework to do!

Sunday 15 March 2009

Through to the final!


Well, all that practice paid off! After a slightly nervous start, when I dropped an entire pack of cards while trying to do a trick, everything went pretty well, and I made it through to the final three acts in the Grand Talent Competition.

Frankly, I can't believe one of the acts we're up against. It's (take a deep breath) Kevin the Chicken's All-Poultry Bell Ringing Troupe. Basically, it's Kevin and two of his mates with bells tied round their necks. They jump up and down to make a jingling noise while four of the smaller chicks cheep along to make what they allege is a musical sound. I'm not at all impressed - but the judges seem to think they're cute. I suppose with Easter getting close, fluffy chicks are fashionable. Maybe I should have tried harder to make an Easter Bunny fit in my hat after all.

The third act in the final is really good, though. I'll show you that one next time.

Monday 9 March 2009

Practice makes Perfect...I hope!

In the end I had to run auditions to find the right animal to "appear" from my hat. To be honest it was a right performance!
Bunny - ears too long to fit in the hat
Otter - far too wriggly to stay hidden
Chicks - too noisy (and too many - they insist in going around in a big group)
Beaver - won't stop chewing the hat
Kitten - Kept scratching my paw when I tried to lift her out
Mouse - kept falling asleep and refusing to come out at all

In the end the only creature who fitted, behaved himself and kept quiet enough was the little baby guinea pig. So we've practiced and practiced together and I hope it'll be alright on the night. I just hope the competition isn't too fierce!

Wednesday 4 March 2009

It's time for magic!


I've decided what my act will be for the Grand Talent Show. I'm going to be a magician! Having made up my mind, my next task was to work on a special trick to be the climax of the show. I managed to borrow a top hat as part of my outfit, so the obvious thing was to pull a rabbit out of it. That's when my problems began - a hat that's the right size for a puppy's head is a bit small for most creatures to hide in. First I tried one of the baby bunnies, but he couldn't fit in - or when he did his ears just showed over the top of the hat. Then Bucky had a go - but I'm going to have a look at his diet as he was a very tight fit indeed - and anyway I strongly suspect he would chew his way out of it in no time. The strangest thing was that one of the chicks did appear to fit - but I didn't even put him in there! So my hunt goes on - which animal is going to have the winning combination of cuteness and compact proportions?