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The
continuing Adventures of Miss Ruffle |
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55..."Home Sweet Home",
a lovely cross stitch -perfect, every stitch done by her sweet paw and
framed in a nice oak frame for her new home. Her sewing kit was
carefully put away and ready for the next time. |
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56...Maud
being of a nervous disposition, jumped when she heard a strange ringing
sound..., what was that? "Was that your phone Miss Ruffle?? Hold
on , I'll get it....save your legs..." |
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57...Maud brought Ruffle
the phone and Miss Ruffle answered. " Hello" she whispered into the
handset..."I'm sorry , there is an awful echo. I can't hear you..I will take
the cover off and Maud and I will go Paws Free..." |
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58...Miss
Ruffle sat back , could she believe what she was hearing...? Was this who
she thought it was..? Was this truly her Daddy...it could not be after so
long.. how did he find her so quickly, she only placed the advert last
week???? |
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59..."Yes - Ruffle ,
Honey it's me....Toddimus Truffle, Daddy.... I have finally found you after
all these years. Where have you been , tell me how you are and what is
happening in your life??"...so Ruffle told him her story, about meeting
Raffles, the proposal, Miss Ellie...and now of course the Wedding...
"Oh Ruffle, NO! Not May 15th..please,
I just cannot make it in time ..the ship takes 6 weeks to get to
England.. I just can't ..Miss Ruffle explained that the steamer had ceased
to be some years ago and that it was just 8 hours by plane and that he could
, surely he could. But no. Sadly Toddimus could not make the 15th...but he
said it would be just fine and Dandy , if she would make it in early June.. a
real SUMMER WEDDING!!! Miss Ruffle was not sure.. but she knew only one bear
could give her away, and that was Toddimus. |
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60...They
agreed and Miss Ruffle and Maud hugged each other for comfort.. she was in
all honesty a little worried... .how was she going to explain this to
Raffles, how could she delay the wedding, how would he feel..( "relaxed - as
always" grunted Maud with raised eyebrows) Ruffle knew that he would
understand, that she could not wed without him to give her away, it would
just not be right..... |
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61...Toddimus Truffle
got a spring back into his hobnail boots. He was overjoyed at the prospect
of seeing his oldest daughter again and would be the proudest bear in the
world to give her paw in marriage to this...RAFFLE??? . To meet her again
would be his dream, she was just a cub when he lost touch with her and would
she have changed, would he recognise her, would she still have his eyes and
her mothers nose?? |
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62...He sat with the
only photo of his daughter , taken some 73 years ago, he suddenly felt so
tired, so old...and so far away. He started to day dream, and spent the
evening staring at the tiny, slightly mouldy picture he had kept for so
long. Not long my sweet Princess, not long. He kissed the dusty glass
and sighed....till we meet again. |
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