Anyhow, with great anticipation the big day had arrived, I told her to close her eyes and think ‘expensive’…with that, I placed the ‘hedgehog’ house in front of her and on opening her eyes she burst into tears, this continued for most of the afternoon… I was pretty chuffed knowing that my generosity had brought her to her knees crying, indeed, she couldn’t stop shouting “thanks a lot” (you tight git) while bursting into tears once again 
… so with this in mind I’m already thinking of next years present, with the idea of getting her a feeding bowel to go with it. 
Some eight months have passed and during that time we haven’t spoken a lot…that was until last night. We were both sitting out on the patio romantically watching the sun go down and who should show up? Yes’, it was Camilla the Hedgehog who trotted over the patio to a small grassed area where my wife had previously thrown deposited her present, it was at this point we both watched as Camilla proceeded to enter her palace for the first time… and will from this moment on live in the lap of luxury… at our expense…. which reminds me, where have I heard that before?
It goes without saying my wife now thinks I buy the nicest Birthday presents…with, I may add the added bonus of me having something I can kick round the garden every time she pokes her head out of the palace.
