Cheese and Pickle

Princess Kitty is a bit of a pickle. Sometimes she can be very organised and efficient. Lots of people think that she is all of the time. But Growly Bear knows different. He knows that she can be chaotic and inefficient.

For example, Growly Bear always knows what time of the day it is. He regularly checks the time and can guess to within a few minutes what the time is. Princess Kitty on the other hand drifts along in her own little world and is always surprised how much time has passed.

Growly Bear knows how long tasks take. He knows how long it takes to wash his hair. He knows how long it takes to cook a meal. He knows how long it takes to feed a guinea pig. He knows how long it takes to make honey.

Princess Kitty always underestimates how long things take. She always overestimates what she can achieve. Then she runs out of time to do things. Then she gets in a pickle.

Today she had quite a few tasks to do. She did the first few well. One of them was to get some special goat's cheese. She went to a farm shop to get this. Well done Princess Kitty. Then she suddenly realised that Growly Bear was arriving at The Cardigan in an hour. And she was supposed to buy some other food but the shops had shut. And The Cardigan was still not very tidy. And she still had not powdered her little nose. What a pickle Princess Kitty.

By the time Growly Bear arrived Princess Kitty was buzzing like a little busy bee. It took him an hour to calm her down and help her to relax. He had to rescue the tea because half the ingredients were missing or were wrong. Luckily the cheese was delicious.

Growly Bear does sometimes wonder what he has got himself into though.