I've had a HRFL Tiger story accepted!

How cool is that! Congratulations Helen and, of course, HRFL Tiger!
Christine
"Helen Miles" wrote in message
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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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That's fabulous! Mazel Tov!!! (Hebrew for Congratulations!)

I love the story - thanks for reposting it, because I don't think I
saw it the first time. Bonnie must be a herding dog - what breed is
she? I love that Tiger gave her the Feline Glare of Death. He also
understood perfectly that he had been Busted. You have a couple of
very smart animals!

Joyce

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



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Too cool! You have every reason to be chuffed. =o) seeing your own
words in print is a huge thrill.
Mega Congratulations to you and to HRFL Tiger who will be immortalized
in print!
Melissa

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!!!!

Congratulations, Helen and Bonnie, I assume tiger got his revenge somehow.
;-)
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A House is not a home, without a cat.
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

"jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt" wrote in message


I love the story - thanks for reposting it, because I don't think I
saw it the first time. Bonnie must be a herding dog - what breed is
she? I love that Tiger gave her the Feline Glare of Death. He also
understood perfectly that he had been Busted. You have a couple of
very smart animals!////

Bonnie is a mutt, but the vet reckons that she's part collie, part GSD,
and part every-other-dog-in-Cardiff. ;o)

But she does have a lot of collie traits.

Helen M


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Congratulations, Helen and Bonnie, I assume tiger got his revenge somehow.
;-)///

As Tiger pointed out at the time.....Tiger gets his revenge every day...
because Bonnie has to live with being a dog, and he doesn't! ;o)

Helen M




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

I believe that you can buy the book here... )

www.smarterthanjack.com

Helen M








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Helen Miles wrote:
"jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt" wrote in message


I love the story - thanks for reposting it, because I don't think I
saw it the first time. Bonnie must be a herding dog - what breed is
she? I love that Tiger gave her the Feline Glare of Death. He also
understood perfectly that he had been Busted. You have a couple of
very smart animals!////

Bonnie is a mutt, but the vet reckons that she's part collie, part
GSD, and part every-other-dog-in-Cardiff. ;o)

But she does have a lot of collie traits.

Helen M

Are there any pictures of Bonnie posted anywhere?
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Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera)
A House is not a home, without a cat.
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

Congrats
"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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Are there any pictures of Bonnie posted anywhere?//

Try here..


http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/leo...e2.jpg&.src=ph

http://tinyurl.com/otrgo

Helen M




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