For my great nephews and nieces Nico Jake Dani Mia Alex and Zac JC
Telling lies is NEVER a good idea I once told my friends that I was a sausage roll I really definitely was I said When they finally believed me they squirted me with tomato ketchup and bit me on the leg Stop it I had to shout in the end I’m not a sausage roll I am a human being
That taught me a lesson I can tell you I don’t tell lies any more Ever So believe me when I say that the story I am going to tell you is ABSOLUTELY TRUE It’s important that you know and understand this because it is quite an extraordinary story And funny Funny peculiar Very funny peculiar in fact But true Every word The first thing you need to understand before I begin this story is that for some reason human beings have grown rather full of themselves over the years They now believe that they are far cleverer than all other living creatures This is a mistake Just because humans can read and write and use knives and forks and 2
computers they think they are better than other animals How stupid Did you know that a squirrel can hide ten thousand nuts in the woods and remember where every single one of them is hidden Well I ask you could you remember where you’d put ten thousand nuts Frogs can sleep with their eyes open Can you A cat can lick its own bottom How clever is that