Ted's Diary
written by Amen Ra (Ted) The Alpaca of Distinction

January 10th 2007 I've discovered a very strange thing - if you add lots of CLEAR water to lots of GREEN grass, you get absolutely loads and loads of BROWN slushy MUD! We are up to our ears in it.

I say WE, but of course the one getting most muddy is "Other Half". He has to bring all of us our supplement and hay in bed each day. We do feel sorry for him, as we wait patiently, watching him from inside our shelters, and he wades through the mud morning and afternoon.
Still, it keeps him out of trouble, doesn't it!

I was laying in my shelter this morning, pondering the weather, and a funny thing occurred to me. Down here in Devon (I may have mentioned this once or twice before), it rains a lot! I mean a LOT!
I still think the BOSS and "Other half" could make a lot of money if they invented some wellington boots for alpacas. There are a lot of us down here and all of us up to our ankles in mud. Some of us enjoy the mud - just ask Charm - she may be a little cutie pie, but does she love rolling in the mud? - You have never seen anything like it - and you know what those cria fleeces are like? EVERYTHING clings to them, remember Baby Haystacks? Well, with Charm it's mud, mud and more mud!

Talking of mud - and there is so much of it around here it's difficult to find another topic of conversation. If you waggle your foot in it for a bit, then pull it our quickly it makes a pleasing kind of slurp!

And another thought - these humans go surfing on the sea, skating on ice, and skiing on snow. So why don't they invent MUD SKIS? We have the mud and we have the slope! And if you put TWO foot clamps on each ski then I could use them, too. See, I have lots of very good ideas - every one a Little Gem! Oh yes, I can be corny too. See what you get when you have an Alpaca of Distinction as a friend!

Then, and this one's the "Clincher", you could wear one of my exclusive "Ted Wear" Ski Hats. See, I can advertise, too!

By the way, the problem we were having with the position of the ear holes in my Ski Hats has been solved - the BOSS didn't put any in!
Now THAT'S clever!

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