Bit 4. Catmando and Reef Knots.

Bitss of Caramel Marmalade on Toast: A Chapter Each Day

Bit 4, Catmando and reef knots.

"Oh do stop flipping like a dying clown fish from the Great Barrier Reef will you! Come here, listen up, and I'll tell you how you’re dogging life, not behaving at all bravely, like the dingo that you look like.”

Marmalade licked his paw and ran it expertly along his eyelashes to make them glisten with knowledge.

“Catastrophe 1: Talk up will you, your bark is much worse than your bite, it just doesn’t exist!

Catastrophe 2: Learn to recognise a reef knot. It’s a strong boundary knot that will help to pull you, and me, out of trouble.

Catastrophe 3: Being scared doesn’t stop you from doing things, you just have to do them differently. And,

Catastrophe 4: Dream aplenty so that Catman-do and din-go anywhere they want.”

Bitssy had no idea what Marmalade was talking about. It sounded so, clever. No, so silly. No no, it sounded, plain weird. It was like a riddle that Bitssy had to work out to pass a test. She figured that Marmalade must have been very wise and that she’d remember the lessons if she ever needed them.

Bitssy and Marmalade became the best of friends, inseparable and loyal (except when it came to seafood for dinner because they both loved it). Despite their differences over prawns and fishy bitties, Bitssy had the greatest respect for Marmalade and yearned for his long and unscheduled visits. That Marmalade had a life! He would go wherever, and whenever, he wanted.

“Cat-man-do and din-go,” Bitssy played it over and over in her mind like a favourite CD track on repeat.

“I wonder if that means cat man do and dingo go wherever they want?”

Oh how Bitssy wanted to do that, to check that the world out front was safe. If only it wasn't for Caramel……….

Bit 5. Bitssy Gets it Good!
Bit 6. Clown Fish Won't Survive in Limejuice.
Bit 7. The Mellow Yellow Prophecy.
Bit 8. Poison Snake Catches a Rat on the Front Verandah
Bit 9. Snot Nice
Bit 10. Hot Toast with Vegemite.
Bit 11. Off Caramel Smells Like Rotting Lime.
Bit 12. A Dog's Body
Bit 13. The Goodbye Van.
Bit 14. Caramel on Toast.
Bit 15. The Final Dreaming.
Eulogy.

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