HOW DID IT ALL START?

“What do you think the animals are saying about us?” I asked my husband as we pulled out of the drive at the start of our holidays. Before he had a chance to answer, I gave him several examples. “Trig will be saying ‘Are they away again? I hope we get fed.” “Don’t be silly, Trig. They always arrange for someone to look after us” will be Mag’s contribution and Ebi will say”I’m really going to miss them.”

From then on I often wondered what they were saying to each other in various different situations. I also wondered about their back stories before they came to us. I do a lot of wondering!

I was particularly curious about the three animals who were rescue animals – Mags, the dog and two of the cats, Smig and Ebi. Smig looked okay when she came to us, but Ebi was in a terrible state. Her fur was dirty, matted and tangled and her ears were full of ticks. Mags looked alright except she could not raise her left ear and if there were any sudden movements near her head, she shied away.

So that was it! I started to write their stories and included Trig and Róisín. Realizing that I needed some humans to help the animals, I decided to include two of my favourite people, my two grandsons, Diarmuid and Eoghan. So that’s how it started!

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