Five-a-side

Bizarre! I was just thinking last night that Jaffa and the others seem to have become smaller. I used to have to look up to Jaffa and the rest but now, they have come down to my level. I don'd get a cricked neck now when bumping noses. Everything in the house seems to be getting smaller too. a few weeks ago, I couldn't get onto the windowsill upstairs without some assistance (a basket full of the slaves odd removable fur). Now, it is easy because it it much closer to the floor. I had a good snooze with the slaves on their bed last night, the one with a bumpy chest fussed me a lot so I purred for ages. It's good to keep the slaves 'on-side' every now and then.

But anyway, that's all by-the-by. I am trying to get a five-a-side team together. I was hoping to sort out a proper team but, when everyone stands still so I can count them properly, we only have seven. None of us are that keen on rugby sevens so five-a-side it will be.  Tollie is too fat and limps a bit so he has agreed, very altruistically I thought, not to be one of the playing staff. He said that he would be happy to look after the half time biscuits. Rose is a bit posh so she has agreed to be the fixtures secretary and the physio - she is very good at treading so she will be good for massaging tired muscles and other injuries. Jaffa was the obvious choice for goalie, she is brilliant at catching stones, snowballs and fake mice in mid-air. Fizz wasn't keen at first, she always seems to be a bit apart from the rest. I got her on board by promising that the ball would be a walnut. I had the slaves throw her half a walnut shell and she was off. She will be on the right wing. Left wing will be Coco, she is really fast and puts in good crosses. I will be in the centre forward position as I am organising it and so it is only natural. I can direct operations better from there as well. Obviously we will all be getting stuck in with the defence but Basil has agreed to hang back to slow down any breaks so the the rest of us can get back. He is usually very laid back but every now and then, he can get quite wound up and be a real thug - perfect for a defender.