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Old March 13th 06, 12:24 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here
suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that
produces books with true animal stories to raise money for animal
shelters. I did submit the story, then promptly completely forgot all
about it.

In my IN-box today, I recieved this.....

"Thank you for submitting your story for the SMARTER than JACK series.
We would like to include your story as part of our special book, Cheeky
animals are SMARTER than JACK, which will be published in June 2006. It
will be published in North America under the title 91 smart sassy
animals.

The decision on which stories to include was not easy; we received many
entertaining stories covering a range of cheeky animal antics. However
your story stood out."

I AM SO CHUFFED!!!!

This was the story....

"Sneaky Tiger

I had come back from walking Bonnie, my dog (and the bane of my cat
Tiger’s life). Without realising I hadn’t shut the front door properly,
I went and made a cup of tea.

The cats are absolutely not ever allowed outside the front of my house
because the road can be very busy, so of course Tiger has made it his
life’s ambition to see what is out there.

I was drinking my tea when, out of the blue, Bonnie came running into
the kitchen and barked at me. Then she started whining and tugging on my
trousers with her teeth. As this was not her normal behaviour I went to
see what was wrong.

I got into the hall, just in time to see Tiger sneaking out of the front
door, which was slightly ajar. Bonnie went after him and tried to herd
him back into the house with her nose, whining all the while.
To say Tiger was annoyed that he had been caught was an understatement.
He gave Bonnie a look of pure loathing, slapped her on the head and went
off upstairs in a right huff. I, on the other hand, gave Bonnie a big
cuddle and told her what a good girl she was.
My dog is not nearly as dumb as she makes out she is."

I get a complimentary copy of the book in June, when it's printed, and
there should also be a couple of photos alongside the story of Bonnie
and HRFL, as I emailed them with the authorisation form. Quite made my
day.

Helen M



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Old March 13th 06, 12:39 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Default I've had a HRFL Tiger story accepted!

That's way cool, Helen. Big congrats!


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Old March 13th 06, 12:40 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Default I've had a HRFL Tiger story accepted!

Cool! Congratulations!

Sandy

"Helen Miles" wrote in message
news:a284d15238de4d5234f527b329dac7b6.76411@mygate .mailgate.org...
A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here
suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that
produces books with true animal stories to raise money for animal
shelters. I did submit the story, then promptly completely forgot all
about it.

In my IN-box today, I recieved this.....

"Thank you for submitting your story for the SMARTER than JACK series.
We would like to include your story as part of our special book, Cheeky
animals are SMARTER than JACK, which will be published in June 2006. It
will be published in North America under the title 91 smart sassy
animals.

The decision on which stories to include was not easy; we received many
entertaining stories covering a range of cheeky animal antics. However
your story stood out."

I AM SO CHUFFED!!!!

This was the story....

"Sneaky Tiger

I had come back from walking Bonnie, my dog (and the bane of my cat
Tiger's life). Without realising I hadn't shut the front door properly,
I went and made a cup of tea.

The cats are absolutely not ever allowed outside the front of my house
because the road can be very busy, so of course Tiger has made it his
life's ambition to see what is out there.

I was drinking my tea when, out of the blue, Bonnie came running into
the kitchen and barked at me. Then she started whining and tugging on my
trousers with her teeth. As this was not her normal behaviour I went to
see what was wrong.

I got into the hall, just in time to see Tiger sneaking out of the front
door, which was slightly ajar. Bonnie went after him and tried to herd
him back into the house with her nose, whining all the while.
To say Tiger was annoyed that he had been caught was an understatement.
He gave Bonnie a look of pure loathing, slapped her on the head and went
off upstairs in a right huff. I, on the other hand, gave Bonnie a big
cuddle and told her what a good girl she was.
My dog is not nearly as dumb as she makes out she is."

I get a complimentary copy of the book in June, when it's printed, and
there should also be a couple of photos alongside the story of Bonnie
and HRFL, as I emailed them with the authorisation form. Quite made my
day.

Helen M



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Old March 13th 06, 12:44 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Helen Miles wrote:
I get a complimentary copy of the book in June, when it's printed, and
there should also be a couple of photos alongside the story of Bonnie
and HRFL, as I emailed them with the authorisation form. Quite made my
day.


Most excellent! I'll be on the lookout for the book!

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Old March 13th 06, 12:56 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 23:24:33 +0000, Helen Miles wrote:

A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here
suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that
produces books with true animal stories to raise money for animal
shelters. I did submit the story, then promptly completely forgot all
about it.

In my IN-box today, I recieved this.....

"Thank you for submitting your story for the SMARTER than JACK series.
We would like to include your story as part of our special book, Cheeky
animals are SMARTER than JACK, which will be published in June 2006. It
will be published in North America under the title 91 smart sassy
animals.

The decision on which stories to include was not easy; we received many
entertaining stories covering a range of cheeky animal antics. However
your story stood out."

I AM SO CHUFFED!!!!

This was the story....

"Sneaky Tiger

I had come back from walking Bonnie, my dog (and the bane of my cat
Tiger’s life). Without realising I hadn’t shut the front door properly,
I went and made a cup of tea.

The cats are absolutely not ever allowed outside the front of my house
because the road can be very busy, so of course Tiger has made it his
life’s ambition to see what is out there.

I was drinking my tea when, out of the blue, Bonnie came running into
the kitchen and barked at me. Then she started whining and tugging on my
trousers with her teeth. As this was not her normal behaviour I went to
see what was wrong.

I got into the hall, just in time to see Tiger sneaking out of the front
door, which was slightly ajar. Bonnie went after him and tried to herd
him back into the house with her nose, whining all the while.
To say Tiger was annoyed that he had been caught was an understatement.
He gave Bonnie a look of pure loathing, slapped her on the head and went
off upstairs in a right huff. I, on the other hand, gave Bonnie a big
cuddle and told her what a good girl she was.
My dog is not nearly as dumb as she makes out she is."

I get a complimentary copy of the book in June, when it's printed, and
there should also be a couple of photos alongside the story of Bonnie
and HRFL, as I emailed them with the authorisation form. Quite made my
day.

Helen M



Congratulations -- I remember the story very well. MLB

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Old March 13th 06, 01:26 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"Helen Miles" wrote in message
news:a284d15238de4d5234f527b329dac7b6.76411@mygate .mailgate.org...
A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here
suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that
produces books with true animal stories to raise money for animal
shelters. I did submit the story, then promptly completely forgot all
about it.

In my IN-box today, I recieved this.....

"Thank you for submitting your story for the SMARTER than JACK series.
We would like to include your story as part of our special book, Cheeky
animals are SMARTER than JACK, which will be published in June 2006. It
will be published in North America under the title 91 smart sassy
animals.

The decision on which stories to include was not easy; we received many
entertaining stories covering a range of cheeky animal antics. However
your story stood out."

I AM SO CHUFFED!!!!



Congratulations! I know just how you feel. I once had a poem published in
a country mag in the UK (and got paid for it!!) and it went on to be
published elsewhere in US & South Africa.
It's a very nice feeling when others appreciate your writing, isn't it?

Tweed



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Old March 13th 06, 01:47 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Its a sweet story and I'm glad it will be properly appreciated. We are
starting to have a version of this around here. Kayla is starting to know I
can't hear properly so she lets me know when one of the cats wants in. And
she is starting to try to keep them in, much to Jake's dismay. Molly just
ignores her.

So I'm getting to have a assistive dog. Now to teach her not to let me know
about ghosts and shadows and other things of her imagining. We spent an
evening alone together last week and she was rather too helpful.

Jo

"Helen Miles" wrote in message
news:a284d15238de4d5234f527b329dac7b6.76411@mygate .mailgate.org...
A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here
suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that
produces books with true animal stories to raise money for animal
shelters. I did submit the story, then promptly completely forgot all
about it.

In my IN-box today, I recieved this.....

"Thank you for submitting your story for the SMARTER than JACK series.
We would like to include your story as part of our special book, Cheeky
animals are SMARTER than JACK, which will be published in June 2006. It
will be published in North America under the title 91 smart sassy
animals.

The decision on which stories to include was not easy; we received many
entertaining stories covering a range of cheeky animal antics. However
your story stood out."

I AM SO CHUFFED!!!!

This was the story....

"Sneaky Tiger

I had come back from walking Bonnie, my dog (and the bane of my cat
Tiger's life). Without realising I hadn't shut the front door properly,
I went and made a cup of tea.

The cats are absolutely not ever allowed outside the front of my house
because the road can be very busy, so of course Tiger has made it his
life's ambition to see what is out there.

I was drinking my tea when, out of the blue, Bonnie came running into
the kitchen and barked at me. Then she started whining and tugging on my
trousers with her teeth. As this was not her normal behaviour I went to
see what was wrong.

I got into the hall, just in time to see Tiger sneaking out of the front
door, which was slightly ajar. Bonnie went after him and tried to herd
him back into the house with her nose, whining all the while.
To say Tiger was annoyed that he had been caught was an understatement.
He gave Bonnie a look of pure loathing, slapped her on the head and went
off upstairs in a right huff. I, on the other hand, gave Bonnie a big
cuddle and told her what a good girl she was.
My dog is not nearly as dumb as she makes out she is."

I get a complimentary copy of the book in June, when it's printed, and
there should also be a couple of photos alongside the story of Bonnie
and HRFL, as I emailed them with the authorisation form. Quite made my
day.

Helen M



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Old March 13th 06, 01:52 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On Sun 12 Mar 2006 06:24:33p, Helen Miles wrote in
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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The decision on which stories to include was not easy; we
received many entertaining stories covering a range of cheeky
animal antics. However your story stood out."

I AM SO CHUFFED!!!!

This was the story....

"Sneaky Tiger


Congrats! Great story.

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Old March 13th 06, 02:08 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Helen Miles wrote:
A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here
suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that
produces books with true animal stories to raise money for animal
shelters. I did submit the story, then promptly completely forgot all
about it.


Excellent and congratulations!

I will have to consider if Smokey or Nox have a story worth submitting
to something!

--Fil

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Old March 13th 06, 02:19 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Good on ya, Helen.
Lily & her mama

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"Helen Miles" wrote in message
news:a284d15238de4d5234f527b329dac7b6.76411@mygate .mailgate.org...
A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here
suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that
produces books with true animal stories to raise money for animal
shelters. I did submit the story, then promptly completely forgot all
about it.

In my IN-box today, I recieved this.....

"Thank you for submitting your story for the SMARTER than JACK series.
We would like to include your story as part of our special book, Cheeky
animals are SMARTER than JACK, which will be published in June 2006. It
will be published in North America under the title 91 smart sassy
animals.

The decision on which stories to include was not easy; we received many
entertaining stories covering a range of cheeky animal antics. However
your story stood out."

I AM SO CHUFFED!!!!

This was the story....

"Sneaky Tiger

I had come back from walking Bonnie, my dog (and the bane of my cat
Tiger's life). Without realising I hadn't shut the front door properly,
I went and made a cup of tea.

The cats are absolutely not ever allowed outside the front of my house
because the road can be very busy, so of course Tiger has made it his
life's ambition to see what is out there.

I was drinking my tea when, out of the blue, Bonnie came running into
the kitchen and barked at me. Then she started whining and tugging on my
trousers with her teeth. As this was not her normal behaviour I went to
see what was wrong.

I got into the hall, just in time to see Tiger sneaking out of the front
door, which was slightly ajar. Bonnie went after him and tried to herd
him back into the house with her nose, whining all the while.
To say Tiger was annoyed that he had been caught was an understatement.
He gave Bonnie a look of pure loathing, slapped her on the head and went
off upstairs in a right huff. I, on the other hand, gave Bonnie a big
cuddle and told her what a good girl she was.
My dog is not nearly as dumb as she makes out she is."

I get a complimentary copy of the book in June, when it's printed, and
there should also be a couple of photos alongside the story of Bonnie
and HRFL, as I emailed them with the authorisation form. Quite made my
day.

Helen M



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