4 In The Country

CLAUDE in the Country

Have you met Claude? Here he is now. Hello, Claude! Claude is a dog. Claude is a small dog. Claude is a small, plump dog who wears a beret and a very dashing jumper.

He lives in a house with his owners, Mr and Mrs Shinyshoes... ...and his best friend, Sir Bobblysock. Sir Bobblysock is both a sock and quite bobbly.

When Mr and Mrs Shinyshoes dash out the door to work each morning, Claude whips out his beret from under his pillow, and decides what adventure to go on. Where will Claude and Sir Bobblysock go today?

It was Thursday morning and the day betore had been: Wednesday. A wet Wednesday. Because their raincoats were still at the dry cleaners, Claude and Sir Bobblysock hadn't been able to go on an adventure. They had had to stay indoors. Sir Bobblysock had busied himself writing his life story and Claude had busied himself being bored.

First, he had thrown himself down on the carpet and pretended to be poorly until Sir Bobblysock looked at him and gave him some attention. When this didn't work, Claude did some running around in circles, watched a very interesting film about cowboys, and then he gave a concert for all his other friends. It had been a rip-roaring success.