August 2009

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Bunny news from around the world
Adopt me!
Shelter update
Your FREE monthly rabbit newsletter • Dear Diary
• Oral health in rabbits
To join, visit www.boingonline.com • Clarence the SUPER SPY and the
Creation of the Time Machine

What’s News? 9/10 for bad taste

August is dental month!!!

August is dental month for all animal friends. If your bunny
has never had their teeth checked, this is a good time to
visit your vet!

Dental disease in rabbits is very common. Many bunnies,

particularly lops, suffer from malocclusion (teeth not
meeting), jaw abscesses & molar spurs. An annual
checkup for your bunny is a must for a healthy bun!

MasterChef Australia judge Gary Mehigan said he is

constantly bumping into fans who boast about cooking
rabbit, risotto or the chocolate ganache recipes they
Soap Opera Loving Bunny learned from the show.
9 July 2009 – Ok magazine (China)
There are anecdotal reports that kitchenware suppliers and
food shops specialising in ethnic goods have enjoyed a
small boon in business since MasterChef hit the air.

Internet forums are also full of accounts of fans throwing

dinner parties using the show's demanding recipes and
exotic ingredients.

I can only say that BOING totally black listed this show.
We couldn’t stand watching people cook up our pets

Harvey remake
3 August 2009
Steven Spielberg is set to
direct a remake of James
A pet rabbit has become so hooked on a late night soap Stewart’s 1950 classic
she attacks her owners if they try to change the channel. Harvey, the touching story
of a man whose best friend
The bunny loves watching the drama as she sits between is an invisible rabbit.
her doting owners in bed in the family home in Xiamen,
southern China. According to the BBC,
casting for the film – which
But the rampant rabbit - named Jia Xiaoyu - gets hopping will be produced by
mad if she misses a single episode of the Korean TV Dreamworks’ Studios and
th
drama Ms Mermaid. 20 Century Fox – has
already begun.
Owner Wing Chunlei said: "If we accidentally switch to
another channel, she gets very angry, biting the pillow and The original Harvey was
attacking us. She wouldn't stop until we turned back. based on Mary Chase’s
Pulitzer winning play, which
"And she won't watch TV anywhere except between my Jonathan Tropper has adapted to fit Spielberg’s
wife and me in bed. If we try to move her she gets cross requirements.
and stubborn."
Leona Lewis saves rabbit from tramp’s
meal
3 August 2009 – thesun.co.uk
Pop star Leona Lewis shelled out $100 to save a rabbit
from ending up as a tramp's dinner - and took it home as
her new pet.
The vegetarian X Factor
winner, 24, was out
shopping in Los Angeles
when she spotted a
homeless man sitting
with a white bunny on a
lead.
When shocked Leona
asked the man what he
was planning to do with
the animal, he replied:
"Don't know - probably
eat it."
The Bleeding Love
singer asked the tramp to sell her the rabbit to spare its life.
The man asked for $20 but generous Leona gave him the
hundred-dollar bill and told him to spend it on food.
Leona then took her new pet back to her home in the
Hollywood Hills - and named it Melrose after the street
where she found it.
Leona - in LA to finish off her follow-up to record-breaking
debut album Spirit - is a huge animal rights supporter.
Last year she turned down a £1million offer from Harrods to
open their summer sale because the swanky store sold fur.
Sydney designers bare all in protest over
use of rabbit fur
The Morning Show – Channel 7
5 August 2009
A group of Sydney designers protested against the
increase of rabbit
fur appearing in
Australia’s winter
fashion this year.
Apparently rabbit
fur is rearing its
ugly head again
this winter on the
catwalks of
Australia. As
Spring Fashion Week approaches, we dread to think how
many bunnies have lost their lives for a few vain women.
“40-50 rabbits are used to make one coat”, said the
Fashion Against Fur spokesperson
Indoor bunny receives manicure from Dr
Harry
Better Homes & Gardens – Channel 7
7 August 2009
Dr Harry visited
Natalie & “Hef” the
indoor bunny on a
recently episode of
Better Homes &
Gardens.
Hef was shown
romping around his
apartment, playing
with his toys &
jumping on his playboy bunny bed.
Dr Harry was called in to give Natalie a little help to clip
Hef’s nails. It was the best segment on rabbits we’ve ever
seen on Better Homes & Gardens!!! Well done BH&G!!!!
Do it again!!
Kate Moss vegan boyfriend Jamie Hince
furious over model's rabbit fur throw
3 August 2009 – www.mirror.co.uk
He may hop into bed with Kate Moss most nights of the
week... but Jamie Hince is one far from happy bunny.
In fact, slipping under the covers with supermodel Kate is
making the Kills singer’s skin crawl.
Fur-loving Kate has only gone and bought a new rabbit skin
throw – and draped it over the couple’s bed.
Staunch vegan Jamie claims the throw is making him hurl
and he’s issued an ultimatum: “It’s me or the dead
animals.”
Our source says: “Huge conflict has flared up between the
pair over what Jamie claims is Kate’s disregard for animal
welfare.
Kate has a skin in virtually every room of her north London
pad, including her daughter’s bedroom where the hide is
dyed pink.
There are also rugs in the shapes of different animals
dotted around the place. Animal lover Stella McCartney
reportedly refuses to visit the supermodel at home, while
fellow veggie Sadie Frost is also said to hate Kate’s love of
fur.
However, it seems Kate and Jamie’s bed has up to now
been a no-go area when it comes to dead animals – and
the fur has been flying.
The latest row came after Kate bought this rabbit fur
bedspread. Jamie has been moaning incessantly about it,
adamant that it makes him feel sick.
Their argument ended pretty abruptly with Jamie storming
off, calling Kate a ‘cow killer’.”
Adopt Me! Found bunny
Location: Canberra, ACT
Contact: Gary
!!!URGENT!!!
Percy
Location: Melbourne
Contact: Rita

Hi. I'm in Canberra ACT. I was walking along a river bank

and found a rabbit, white with brown spots, obviously a
dumped pet, fairly friendly. I picked it up, brought it home
and contacted the RSPCA...their advice, "take it to a vet
and have it euthanased". I don't want to do that.

I am looking for someone to foster or adopt my bunny If anyone would like to adopt this bunny & give it a good
Percy, as I am going away on a research trip for six to eight life, please contact Gary on 0417 803 600 or email
months in early September. If you are able to look after him gpurch48@bigpond.com
for any amount of time that would be greatly appreciated,
as I can hopefully also foster him out to a few people for
shorter amounts of time, if six months is too long a stretch Bastian
for one person. Location: Melbourne
Contact: Selena - 0412 496 179 or
Alternatively, if you are looking to adopt a little furry friend, selenajb@iprimus.com.au
then I am also willing to give him up to a new home,
although I'd prefer fostering if possible because he is much
loved. Finding a home for
Bastian is unfortunately
Percy is a beautiful, black, indoor dwarf rabbit. He is toilet becoming a desperate
trained, and very tame and friendly. He has been situation. If anyone can
vaccinated for the year and will be desexed before I go, so foster this little guy for a
if you have any other rabbits he should be able to get along few months, we would be
with them. He has had his front teeth removed so he won't very grateful.
chew on any furniture or electrical leads, but he does need
the odd carrot chopped up for him. BOING recently received
a very disturbing email from her original person in London
Here's a little description of Perceval the rabbit: stating that if she can’t find another home for Bastion, that
she’s considering having him euthanased. This doesn’t sit
Name: Percy or Nyuszi (Hungarian for rabbit) with us at all. Even though we don’t take to blackmail, we
also don’t want Bastian to lose his life just because there
Likes: grass, sniffing, pats on the head, exploring dark isn’t anywhere for him to live.
corners, apples, carrots, running around, playing with his
blanket

Dislikes: being kept in a cage for too long, being picked up

too much/heights, forks scraping against plates
If you are interested in fostering or adopting Percy,
please email me on rhoranyi@yahoo.com.au or contact
me on my mobile: 0401578021. I'm willing to negotiate
some payment for fostering/minding.
Newspaper thank you!
We at BOING want to thank everyone who has been
supplying us with newspapers (including our mystery paper
deliverers who we never see dropping off the papers).
Thank you!!! Very much appreciated.
Shelter update
By Leigh Munro
Australian Animal Protection Society
Homeleigh Road, Keysborough, Ph: 9798 8415
www.aaps.org.au
Some days it’s really hard working at an animal shelter.
Most of the time it’s bearable, but then some badly
neglected animals come in to make you hate people just
that little bit more. July started off with a poor bunny found
on the side of the road. Where she was found had no
houses, so either she was dumped or she had escaped
and traveled far. We unfortunately had to put her down
straight away as she had fractures to both of her legs and
maybe her spine. She also had a pressure sore above her
tail that was a festering open wound. The poor girl couldn’t
sit like a normal bunny because of her broken legs. She
was a cream coloured dwarf with a very cute brown nose. I
feel so sad and sick thinking about all the bunnies let loose
in the wild. We’ve had quite a few brought in that have
been found on the side of the road. Most of them had
terrible teeth problems and were emaciated. They’re lucky
someone found them so they could be humanely put down,
otherwise they’d be hit by a car or killed by predators.
Two days later we got a bunny surrendered to us because
the young daughter had an allergy and also fed up with
having a bunny to look after. He was an albino lop,
emaciated and extremely lethargic. I could hold him on my
arm without him moving at all. He was drooling from his
mouth, so he visited the vet straight away. Sadly, he was
also put down because his molars were terrible and he
couldn’t eat. The mother was questioned about his
condition, and didn’t notice anything wrong with the bunny,
not even how skinny he was.
No surrendered bunnies have been on the correct diet as
far as I’m aware. I ask people what they feed their buns,
and it’s always the same diet: mixes, pellets, no/very little
hay and table scraps or carrots/apples. It’s incredibly
frustrating, and I curse pet shops/breeders/feed stores etc
every time I hear this.
I'm amazed at the
lack of observation
with so many
people.
This bunny
(pictured left) the
"owner" said he
might have a teeth
problem.
The tooth
prominently
showing, plus a
peg tooth, were
the only teeth
remaining.
And then we have Gembrook (pictured above). Gem came
in at a massive 5kg, approximately 2.5kg overweight. She
was fed a diet of those nasty Dr Harry pellets and parsley.
Apart from being obese, she had a large amount of dried
poo stuck on her bottom so she was unable to go to the
toilet. It took 20 minutes of soaking to get that off, but she
was very grateful and gave me a lick. I carry her around
everywhere, and she's a friendly bunny and loves the other
rabbits. Gem's very motherly. We can't desex her until she
loses a lot of weight, which will be a while since I'm trying to
do it slowly. I do a weekly weigh in and she's so far lost 300
grams.
The start of July was very hard, as we had some bad fight
injuries. I've argued for a long time to get the bunny area
enlarged so we can separate the bunnies and only put
bonded bunnies in together instead of piling them all in and
expect them to get along. The committee finally agreed, but
it was refused by the council so we can't get any building
permits for it. A baby rabbit was so badly injured in a fight it
was put down due to the extent of the injury, and a NZ
white needed 8 sutures on her neck to fix up a very large
gash.
July was slow for adoptions, and pretty high for
euthanasias. We're getting many more rabbits due to the
RSPCA and Lort Smith sending bunnies our way (so say
the people surrendering rabbits).
Can you help??
If anybody can spare some hay or veggies for the shelter
bunnies, please contact Leigh at
veganbunnygirl@yahoo.com.au
Would you like to adopt a bunny??
All the buns at the shelter are beautiful buns looking for a
second chance of a loving home & a long, happy life. If
you would like to adopt a bunny from the Australian Animal
Protection Society, please visit this page to see some of
the buns available for adoption right now –
http://www.aaps.org.au/otheranimal/rabbitgin_page_one.html
 It all started when Pumpkin had a
Dear Diary bit of an upset tummy.
By Karen
As the two were shacked up in
As usual, life at The Do Hop Inn with all the BOING our Studio, Pumpkin was brought
bunnies is keeping us on our toes. into the lounge room overnight
where it was warmer and we
The last month has seen the farm bunnies back & forth at could give him lots of attention &
The Melbourne Rabbit Clinic. In early July, Poppy went in critical care. Pumpkin was a very
for an attempt to remove an abdominal abscess, which had happy bunny by the morning and
formed after a routine spay. Whilst under sedation, the looking forward to seeing his
vets discovered a heart murmur. We all decided it was too beautiful girlfriend Tinkerbelle.
risky to perform surgery at the time so she came home for
a continuation of antibiotics and pain relief with the hope Unfortunately, Tinkerbelle had other ideas & chose to let
that maybe the following month the surgery could happen. Pumpkin know that he was now unwelcome by attacking
him! After that event, we did give the two several other
The second attempt at surgery last week was successful. attempts to reunite,
The abscess was but it was not to be!
removed and Poppy is As Pumpkin has
now back home. We never really been
really hope that she’ll lucky in love, we do
make a full recovery. hope that he will
So far, so good…but eventually find
you can never tell another girlfriend
when it comes to who will appreciate
bunnies!! his voluptuous size
& affectionate nature.

Pancake has been a bit

(above) Poppy checks out the latest Spring Fashion wobbly for the last few
catalogue. She doesn’t approve of all that fur! months & has lost quite a
bit of weight. She is now on
Lulu is experiencing a four weekly injection for
an odd problem. She arthritis. The injections are
would be fine during supposed to aid in joint pain
the day, running so we hope that it will make
around like a mad a difference. She is looking
thing. We’d say quite frail, has lost weight
goodnight to her and but still eats like a horse!
the next morning she Since she came to us as an
would be lying in her adult, we really don’t know how old she is but possibly
tray looking around 8 years old
uncomfortable & so she’s doing
straining to go to the pretty well…. but
toilet. We took her in we’d like her to
for a checkup & an x-ray. The x-ray didn’t show up much hang around a lot
but the vets could feel an unusual lump around where her longer than that!!
spay surgery was performed. We are not really sure but it Ally would be lost
could also be an internal abscess from her surgery so she’s without her. The
now on antibiotics to see if it will make a difference, then two of them are
it’s back to the vet for another checkup & possible surgery always found
to remove the lump. snuggling together.

*** note – Lulu & Poppy (and Isabelle) came from a factory
farm. Due to unhygienic conditions at the farm, any
surgery areas became easily infected. Now they are living
in a stress free life with clean bedding, a regular routine
and good quality food, hay & fresh water, they are totally
different bunnies & looking forward to a long & happy life.
The “fluffies” (Charlie & Missy) are in-between their bi-
yearly major haircut. Angora fur mats quite quickly &
thickly if not kept under constant control and the only way
we can really keep up their care is to carefully cut the fur to
a short length. Of course it grows back just as fast as I can
cut it off so it’s a constant battle!

Big gossip news at The Do Hop Inn…..
Pumpkin & Tinkerbelle have broken up!!!
Yes folks, the celebrity romance is over I’m afraid. Just like
Jen & Brad, this seemingly blissful couple has gone their
separate ways.
For other people who have long coated bunnies, do be
aware of seeds getting trapped in the fur. Whilst grooming
Missy recently, I discovered a very fine end of a seed that
had been caught in Missy’s skin (like a splinter). It would
have really hurt so I’m sure she was relieved when that
was found & removed with a pair of tweezers.
 Check for problems with cheek teeth
Oral Health in Rabbits The rabbit's grinding teeth or cheek teeth are too far back
by Carolynn Harvey, DVM in the mouth to be easily checked without the use of an
http://www.rabbit.org/journal/3-9/oral-health.html otoscope, but you can watch for secondary signs of cheek-
tooth pain such as:
Rabbits, as we know, are incessant chewers. They use
their teeth not only to ingest their high fibre diet, but also to • Drooling or wetness around the mouth
express frustration or happiness or pain, remodel their
environment, groom themselves and their companions, • Swelling, warmth or pain at the jaw line or under chin
explore new situations and mark territory.
• Change in food preference (especially, but not always,
There is a lot we can do to keep these important tools in from harder to softer foods)
good shape. Problems that often occur in the oral cavity
include malocclusion of incisors, split or broken teeth, • Showing interest in food, but not eating
points or spurs on cheek teeth, foreign bodies, abscesses,
tooth root and/or bone infection, and warts. Early detection • Weight loss
is often crucial to the outcome of these problems.
• Bad odor from mouth
Oral Health Home Care Plan
• Grinding teeth (not the happy purring sound)
Frequent (weekly) mouth inspections
• Reclusive or grumpy behavior
Check the head and face
With your rabbit sitting in front of and facing away from you, If a malocclusion allows food or hair to collect around teeth,
feel along the sides of his face and under the jaw with light you can keep infection at bay by using the smallest-size
pressure. The sides should feel equal, and there should be baby tooth brush to remove the accumulated debris.
no bulges or swellings that aren't symmetrical. Apply
slightly firmer pressure to the sides of the jaws. If your Create a "safe chewing environment"
rabbit repeatedly flinches when you reach a certain spot, it
may mean there is something painful going on inside the Safe chewing objects
mouth. The underside of the chin is a very ticklish spot for Offer plenty of approved and safe chewing objects, such as
many rabbits, and the scent gland located here can make it cardboard, wood, dried pinecones, un-lacquered wicker
feel slightly irregular or bumpy. Learn how much touching baskets, and straw mats.
of this area your rabbit usually allows, and how it feels
when normal; changes may indicate a developing problem. • Avoid hazardous chewing
Check the incisor teeth
• Exclude your rabbit from dangerous areas, such as
The incisors are located at the front of the jaw and are easy
where electrical wires run
to see and examine, with a little experience. With your
rabbit either on her back or sitting facing away from you,
• Be vigilant
gently part her lips to make her "smile." If she is sitting, use
your body to prevent her from backing up. The four large
Pick up small objects that can lodge in your rabbit's mouth,
teeth you see (2 top and 2 bottom) are her incisor teeth.
such as rubber bands, needles, twist-ties and paper clips.
Check to see that they are not loose & that the gum tissue
is healthy pink (not red or purple). Check to make sure that
Although our rabbits' teeth can cause us inconvenience by
the teeth meet and wear correctly (see illustration).
destroying household objects, such as phone cords or chair
Malocclusion (teeth that don't meet and wear properly)
legs, it is still to our advantage to keep their teeth in good
allows teeth to overgrow and need frequent trimming.
working order. Healthy teeth are integral to maintaining
Providing a maloccluded rabbit with things to chew will not
your rabbit's health, both physical and mental.
alleviate the problem. Consult your veterinarian if your
rabbit has malocclusion. Most cases of incisor
malocclusion are hereditary and are manifested before 6
months of age. Malocclusion starting later in life may be
due to trauma, infection or tumors and should be checked
by your veterinarian as soon as convenient. Check for hair
or other foreign objects caught around the teeth.

Behind the upper incisors are two small peg-like teeth

called auxiliary incisors or sensibly, "peg teeth." They are
harder to see than the incisors, but happily rarely cause
problems.

Clarence the SUPER SPY
And the Creation of the
Time Machine
By James Robertson
Prologue
Ecneracl was running through the dark alleyways panting
furiously. Mr. Beaver troops were following him. His silvery
black fur glittered in the dark sun. Ecneracl had a plan, to
escape to another planet, steal a great teleportation device,
cruise through the universe as far from Mr. Beaver as
possible, in search of a new planet to dominate and create
the anti-Spy League once again. A mouthful yes, but he
knew he could do it, he knew he would do it. A Dimension
Portal opened up in front of Ecneracl and without another
thought… he jumped through…
We join Clarence rummaging in an old junkyard at the back
of the Spy League building. Clarence was searching for
something he could tinker with. But, he didn’t have any of
his friends with him. He turned his black, silvery head to
look at the white building in the distance.
Bunneary was at his house reading a book??? Chief
Guinea pig was at a door handle expo in Sri Lanka. Kitty
was getting her teeth manicured. James and Princess were
treating themselves to a smoothy.
*Spy-Notes: Apparently Princess has a crush on James.
EXAMPLE: When James was visiting the Do Hop Inn
Princess followed James everywhere he went. Ps. this
information is exclusive to Harry the Gossip Guinea pig.
Ted Barker was on a date with his girlfriend Ruby at the
Sydney Opera House. And Harry the Gossip Guinea pig
and the rest of the Boing Bunnies were on a big mission.
So Clarence had no one, so he couldn’t go on missions or
play Loot Snack.
Clarence turned his head away and continued walking, or
wading through the scrap spy stuff. Then he stepped on
something squishy and felt himself falling! Down through a
crevice made of junk! He screamed in shock, but no one
would hear him. Then… THUD!!! Clarence hit the ground
but something warm broke his fall.
Clarence stood up and started rubbing his sore bottom and
muttered to himself. But then, he completely forgot about
his sore butt and stared at the magnificent thing he’d
landed on. It was a marvellous, blue glowing orb, radiating
knowledge and power. Clarence’s jaw crashed to the
ground.
‘Oh. My. Goodness!’ he said in awe.
Clarence picked it up in his paws and felt a lifetime of
knowledge and time sink into him. And he could tell it was
trying to talk to him! It was saying ‘Use… Me… For
knowledge.’
A Time Manipulator Orb?? That’s what the blue thing
Clarence found was. He could actually create a machine
that could take up to seventy creatures anywhere through
time on planet Earth. This was revolutionary!!! Clarence
could create the world’s only and first Time Machine.
Clarence was sitting in one of his hay made chairs in front
of his huge computer, in the living room of his Underground
Hutch System. The Time Manipulator Orb was posed on
top of the scanning table next to Clarence’s chair. He was
reading the information on the screen, but then a
WARNING sign appeared right in the middle of Clarence’s
reading. It read: WARINING!!!! If you keep the Time
Manipulator Orb in the Underground Hutch System any
longer, the Radio Active force will extinguish the Orb
causing the whole Southern Hemisphere to explode!
‘Oh, no!’ said Clarence in a stricken tone.
He swiped the Orb off the scanning table and stuffed it into
his Mitre Pack bag, with a ton of equipment and spare
parts. Clarence ran down his stairs and into the base
tunnel. He hopped onto his purple scooter and hit the turbo
drive. He sped down the tunnel, having a quick glance at
his paintings, went up the diagonal ramp and into the
street.
Clarence couldn’t make his Time Machine at his own base,
so he took the Orb, his purple Scooter and all the
equipment to the Do Hop Inn where he knew the Boing
Bunnies wouldn’t mind him staying while they were on that
big mission.
Clarence went through the front door and settled his stuff in
the living room. He immediately got to work at the machine
that would revolutionise the world. He didn’t even realise he
was being watched…
Suddenly two black bunny rabbits jumped out of nowhere,
attacked Clarence and pinned him to the floor!
‘Intruder! Intruder!!’ yelled the two bunnies.
They hadn’t really taken notice of who the intruder was and
when they did look and saw that it was Clarence they felt
soooo embarrassed.
‘Sorry, Clarence, we didn’t mean to attack you and pin you
to the floor,’ said Dingleberry sympathetically and bowed
her unusual head.
The two bunnies who’d just attacked Clarence were BOING
Bunnies themselves, Stuart Little and Dingleberry in fact.
‘Why are you guys here, I thought every single BOING
Bunny was on a super big mission?’ asked Clarence.
Stuart grinned. ‘Me, Dingle, Lulu, Poppy and Isabelle were
assigned to housekeep the Do Hop Inn,’ he said. ‘But more
importantly, what are you doing here?’ So Clarence
confessed about how he found the Time Manipulator Orb
and how he planned to make a Time Machine.
What was that, Clarence thought. He jumped out of bed,
snuggled his hind paws into his squirrel slippers, lit a match
and went out to investigate. He switched all the lights on in
every room. Nothing in the bathroom, nothing in the mud
room, nothing in the explosives room and nothing in the
garage. Wait a second. There was something that was not
in the garage, which was meant to be there. The Time
Machine!!!
Clarence called the only bunnies he could trust. Stuart
Little, Dingleberry, Lulu, Poppy and Isabelle.

‘Just don’t tell anyone about this, please,’ said Clarence.
‘Except Lulu, Poppy and Isabelle, who’ve just been
listening to everything I’ve said!’
Clarence turned his head to see the three huge white
bunnies trying to hide behind the couch. They came out
showing them selves. ‘Well, ya found us!’ said Poppy,
spreading out her paws.
Clarence turned back to Dingle and Stuart, while the other
bunnies waddled over to the group. ‘So, do we have a
deal? Don’t tell anyone,’ said Clarence cautiously.
He’d got them to come over to help him recover the Time
Machine. Lulu and Isabelle had brought a whole lot of
detective gear, like a magnifying glass and a paw printer.
But they didn’t need any of that stuff. Because the culprit
was about to confess.
Because there was another Clarence in the doorway.
Holding one of Clarence’s grenades (from his explosives
room), trigger at the ready.
To Be Continued…

Stuart thought for a little bit. ‘If, you let us all help you make
the Time Machine I won’t tell the Spy League.’

Clarence pointed accusingly at Stuart. ‘That’s blackmail!’

Stuart grinned. ‘Blackmail minus five, plus fifty, divided by
two equals blackmail. Ah ha!’

Clarence didn’t understand Stuart’s equation.

*Spy-Notes: Stuart Little reads the Muffin Land Trilogy,

which always mentions weird catch phrases, such as
‘Chocolate in your mouth is worth two in the bar.’ That’s
where Stuart got that blackmail equation from.

Clarence gave in. ‘Ok, you can all help me,’ he said finally.
‘YIPEE!!’

In eight hours Clarence, Dingleberry, Stuart Little, Lulu,

Poppy and Isabelle had finished transforming the Time
Manipulator Orb into a small handheld device that could
take you anywhere in the past, even to when the universe
started.

Lulu had disappeared seven times in the making of the

machine. Poppy had to go to her Poppy Pop star recording
in the middle of the making, as well. Stuart had to go to the
Dentist, so at one time only Clarence, Dingle and Isabelle
were working.

But, they got it done anyway.

They all decided to keep the Time Machine where Clarence

keeps all his keys (not in Kitty’s ear).

Later……
We now join Clarence sleeping in his Poo and Chew
station.

Clank.

Thump!