friends, neighbours, and relations Bimbo. Plays the bugle, currently recovering from Covid-19 Bunce. Grows leaves in outermost Wessex with Snowy Cat and Bear. Old school friends of mine The Cuckoos. They live in my house, but I don’t know much about them, not even what language they speak. Didcot. Plays the flootatoota Dillion. A dragon who likes cucumbers Ellie works in a nursery, and runs the Book Club Gibbs. A recorder player Green Bear. Last heard of on holiday at the seaside long before the Virus happened. My sister Jenny. An archaeologist Lopsy. A keen runner since she’s been allowed to go out. She took this selfie in the meadow where she runs each morning. She lives with Teddy. Madame Cholet, an expert gardener. Lives with Reindeer Oxford Monkey with his recently-acquired tail. Used to run a fruit kebab van, but now picks fruit for Bunce and Snowy in outermost Wessex My cousin Peter with his elegant furniture Points. The coordinator of the Red and Green Teddies Reindeer. Lives with Madame Cholet and knows all about horticulture Spencer. A polymath Ruffy. A knowledgeable and helpful bear My cousin Seaford, Sylvie’s younger brother. A kazoo player Shamus. Plays the fiddle Snowy. Currently growing leaves in outermost Wessex, with Bunce. Stork, who lives on a hook. I believe he spends his winters in Mali. Strawberry. A helpful young bear who lives up the road from me My cousin Sylvie, Seaford’s older sister Teddy. A very old friend of mine. He lives with Lopsy. Viol Teddy. An old friend from my school days Walrus and Bruno. I don’t know them very well yet. Share this:FacebookX