Half-term visit to our house in the Vendée last week. It was minus 7.1 one morning but the stream at the bottom of the garden hadn't frozen I noticed. Then for a golden five minutes I was really really happy (normally I tick-over at my standard really happy level). Funny, small-dog sized creatures in the field opposite. Crept nearer, they all dived into the stream but not before I saw their whiskers. Otters! One of the rarest creatures going - just fancy, at the end of our garden!
I started thinking, Tarka the Otter, Ring of Bright Water, perhaps I could tame them!
Put right very quickly by a neighbour. 'Blasted nuisance, Coypu (or Ragondin in French) - you can shoot them you know'. Apparently they make good pâte.
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