Nigel Is In Want Of A Dum Dum

When Nigel collected Young Master Bertie from nursery yesterday he was given a letter of great import and interest, more so for Nigel, I think, rather than Bertie.

It appears that The Dummy Elves will be visiting nursery to collect well sucked dummies that are now ready to be given up by their owners ………

……. in exchange for a small gift and certificate. Now, there is nothing Nigel loves more than an important certificate to put towards his CV, just in case he ever needs to seek gainful employment again.

I felt that I should perhaps point out to Nigel, that, to the best of my knowledge, he has never availed himself of a dummy (though I cannot vouch for the short time in his life before he came to us)  and therefore did not actually have one to give up …….

I really should have known better …….  reasoning that as Bertie had more than one dum dum to give up it made sense to share things out a bit  ……. and if there was any doubt that this was a genuine offering Nigel was now practising with his share of the deal in order to look suitably convincing and distraught  when The Elves arrived.  What is he like? Sometimes I despair!