‘lo leo, my
logogriphic griffin’
‘Hi gerty.’
‘which leads one to say robins go airmail, olé!’
Aha, let’s have a closer look at this…
‘liar
airing bosom, ambrosial origin’
Leo nods appreciatively.
‘Very tasty!’
‘having established my identity, let me now present my credentials...i’m mr
will’s parakeet: william’s pet, kramer’
I have to work for a while.
‘Well, I’m
Artemis Park, prim Malawi Kestrel.’
‘oh leo, a wonderful flight of fancy! i’m raw, skeletal, prim’
This came so fast she must have had it prepared.
‘Let’s walk
a primal rim.’
‘...tramp warlike miles, sire limp, mater walk’
A little slower this time, but faster than I am.
‘Let’s
impair warm elk.’
‘i will spark ammeter: imperial welt-marks’
‘Let’s milk a raw prime, permit male raw silk.’
‘ooh la la, leo! wanna see my versoid?’
‘Nothing would please me more, young gerty.’
‘pat will immerse ark,
trample irma wilkes.
reptile marks wilma,
we stalk mr imperial’
Leo applauds long and loud. ‘It’s terribly dark, tyger, not to say densely
populated.’
‘actually, it’s by miriam kelp-walters; rather alliterative too,
unsurprisingly’
‘You certainly went to town on names, didn’t you?’
‘well, i thought that was the idea, and they do permit an extra degree of
anagrammatical flexibility, i must confess’
‘It was a wonderful return of service.’
‘master like warm lip?’
Leo kisses tyger.
tyger purrs and wants more...
‘kill swim parameter’
‘OK!’
‘imperil market laws’
‘Brilliant, but enough!’
‘aw, shucks...and i was just about to get serious’
Leo raises an enquiring eyebrow.
‘leo, thank you for forgiving my truly unforgivable behaviour vis-à-vis the
non-boarding of aeroplane and the deplorably bad treatment of my dearest feline
friend. i don’t quite know how to show you how grateful i am to have your
forgiveness’
‘You don’t have to.’
‘i just got so scared on the day that i couldn’t stop shaking. i even made
myself ill’
‘Poor little kitten. Lost your Whiskas?’
tyger nods.
Leo hugs his tyger affectionately.
‘leo, i really want to make it up to you. can we try again?’
