[Dailydrool] Note from London

[Pamela McQuade via Dailydrool]

Dear mama and papa:

We are so glad you let us come to London. Clara and Rolph have been such 
good hosts, and we have had a great time (well, some of us have). We 
(that's Dex and Horton) got to be heroes when we rescued the other 
hounds from a dunking in the Thames River. Cleo was too busy giving 
herself a beauty treatment in her private cabin to lend a paw. She 
really is getting above herself over here. You should have seen how 
obnoxious she was when she met a duchess! Really, mama, you must get her 
to learn a little humility once she is home. This "Empress of All She 
Surveys" nonsense is really beyond the pale. She seems to think she is 
real royalty.



The other day Cleo made Horton swab the decks while we all had fun. He 
is a very nice hound, but he needs to learn how to say no to the 
empress. Before Cleo could come up with a job for me, I escaped. I hid 
under a tarp on the deck until her back was turned, then slipped over 
the side. Thankfully, I immediately ran into a group of hounds who were 
headed for the London Eye, so I could follow them. Paulie and the others 
took good care of me, Mama, since they know I can't see. Though I could 
not see the sights, we had a great picnic in our pod, and the Drool 
bassets are so much fun, I didn't miss a thing. They described 
everything that was happening below and did such a good job, I thought I 
could see it all.



I cannot keep the Empress under control, but I will make sure Horton 
does not end up swabbing decks for all ten days. When we get home, mom, 
I hope you lock Cleo in the kitchen until she gets things into 
proportion.

Dexter, for all the Dashing Bassets