Death By Duvet

Mostly things run very smoothly between Growly Bear and Princess Kitty. Very smoothly indeed. Sometimes though there are little rubbing points. Sometimes there are times when things don't get sorted out properly. Usually this is because there are other feelings getting in the way and these all need untangling before things can be sorted out. It's a feature of the point of guinea pigs.

Growly Bear and Princess Kitty had a lovely evening together. They talked. They made honey. It was the most complex, clever honey they have ever made, even though they did not have all the time in the world. They had tea.

Princess Kitty had chosen and bought the food for tea. She planned to cook cauliflower cheese, sweet potatoes, and sugar snap and mange tout peas . Growly Bear said they should cook it together. Princess Kitty prepared the vegetables. Then Growly Bear started cooking. He cooked the cauliflower. He cooked the sweet potatoes. He cooked the peas. He cooked the cheese sauce. Princess Kitty tried to tell him that she wanted to cook with him properly. But she didn't know how. The tea was lovely.

Princess Kitty felt sad and upset when Growly Bear left. She felt sad and upset because she missed him the moment she watched him drive away. She felt sad and upset when she thought about how difficult things are for Growly Bear and how much he is hurting. She felt sad and upset because she wanted to cook for Growly Bear and she hadn't been able to explain about this to him. She had feelings from earlier in the day which had been full of highs and lows.

Princess Kitty has a solution when things are bad like this. She calls it death by duvet. She just curls up under her duvet and cries and tries to get to sleep as quickly as she can so that she won't feel upset any more.

Of course deep down Princess Kitty knows this does not work. She knows she will wake up the next day with a churned up feeling in her tummy. She knows she will wake up feeling as if she hasn't been to sleep. And she knows Growly Bear will have spotted what she is up to and will worry about her. Worst of all she knows she will hate herself for not managing her feelings better.