Can you write your name?

Can you write your own name?
Well I can!
I've  just had my first day at the Cambridge School for Bears.
It was very exciting, even if I was a bit scared at first.
Steve has written all about it in the first book where I am the star instead of Harold! It's called Charlie's first day at school.
I can't wait to see the first books that come back from the printer, with my name on the cover in big letters. The drawings are really cool. Fran, one of my friends, has done some great pictures of me.
Off to wait for the postman.....
I'll let you know when they arrive!
Charlie
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Talk like a pirate!!!

Did you know that it was 'talk like a pirate day' this week?
I hope everyone joined in, talking like pirates.
I've got a really cool joke, are you ready?......

Why are pirates called pirates?
Because they arrrrrr!

Molly has been lots of really cool pirate drawings for my new book (that Steve has written) -Harold the pirate. I'm so excited! I will let you know when it is ready for you to buy.

Off to find my peg leg.......has anyone seen my parrot?......
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An unexpected adventure....

Me and Charlie have been doing very well with the training our dog (her name is Jessie).
She's got us feeding her lots of treats for doing good, well nearly good, things.
She licks everyone and has a very, very waggy tail. Me and Charlie were looking forward to having an adventure with her. Well that was until this morning when we had an unexpected adventure.....
We had just been out for a super walk before breakfast with Jessie and Mandy.
When we got back Mandy said that who ever was last in must make sure the gate was tightly closed. Well I thought she was talking to Charlie. But ..... Charlie thought she was talking to me!
Yes you've guessed it, I didn't shut the gate and neither did Charlie!!
We we just tucking into our boiled eggs when Mandy said, "where is Jessie?"
We all ran out into the garden and saw it!!! ...... The open gate! No Jessie!
Charlie started to cry. "It's no good crying, we have to find Jessie", said Steve. 
We searched and searched, shouting her name all the time. The man next door even came out to help. 
Phew! Steve spotted here and shouted her name. When her lead was safely on we all gave Jessie a big hug.
We all went back to the kitchen to eat boiled eggs tha that gone cold, but no-one minded that, we were all just glad we found Jessie safe and sound. 
Let's  hope we don't have another adventure like this!
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100 days to Christmas

I can't believe it, the Olimpets and the Paralimpets are both finished, so there are no more gold medals to cheer........ and to make a million times worse, I've just checked the Santa countdown on my website.
http://www.haroldtheplatypus.co.uk/Haroldtheplatypus_%28new%29/About_Harold.html
It's a whole hundred days to go! Boooooooo!
I've just had a thought that might cheer me up a bit. Do you remember that while we were waiting for the Olimpets Mandy put a Malteser out for me for each sleep until the start?
 I wonder if she would do the same thing again for Christmas.
That would be a nice lot of Maltesers, to eat now..... sssssshhhh!

Off to start my Christmas list, there's plenty of time to get a nice long one.....
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Murray mania again!

Well me and Charlie were getting a bit down after the end of the Olimpets and the Paralimpets and  then we realised that Andy Murray was doing really well in a tennis competition in America. Steve said it was a Grand Slam... I don't know what that means, do you?
Anyway we woke up this morning to Murray mania all over again. It was just like the Olimpets. Although Steve says he won't get another gold medal, just a big fat cheque!
What is a big fat cheque anyway?
I think a gold medal sounds much nicer.
Laters
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Alpacas

Do you know what an alpaca is? They are lovely animals with big brown eyes. In some places you can take them for a walk, just like a dog - which is very exciting, although they are a bit big for me and Charlie to handle on our own. A couple of weeks ago we went to the beach and there is a lovely man there with six alpacas which you can take out for a walk, ours was called Macchu, he was very cool - just like me! (I remembered when we were in darkest Peru seeing Paddington Bears' auntie that there was a special place called Macchu Picchu, he must have been named after that!) 
Well, Mandy said that there coats can be used to make wool, just like sheep. Me and Charlie thought she was joking but today we were at a farmers market and there was a stall selling alpaca socks! Mandy was right after all. The lady on the stall explained that they get the wool from the alpacas on their farm and use it to knit lovely warm things. Well you all know that I am from Australia and that I don't like the cold, so I think I might have to ask Mandy very nicely to buy me some lovely warm socks for the winter to stop my flippers getting cold. The lady said she would knit some specially. She might even do the same for you if you ask her super nicely:
www.butlersfarmalpacas.co.uk

See you later....
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Training

Me and Charlie have been very busy over the last few weeks training our new dog. Charlie isn't frightened any more. In fact I think he quite likes been licked from head to foot every day - just as well really!
We're busy trying to teach her to play with a ball. We keep passing it to each other but Jessie doesn't seem very interested. But our catching and throwing is much, much better. Steve says he is wondering who is training who. Is it us training Jessie or Jessie training us?
Guess what her favourite treat is? Yes, you've guessed it, CHEESE. Well what else would it be. Steve says we're not to give her cheese and pickle sandwiches as they're not good for her, she doesn't know what she's missing.  But that's fine by me all the more for me!
Laters...
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Going viral??

Charlie was asking about whether we had gone viral yet?
I'm not really sure what that means, although I have had a bit of a tickly throat the last few days.
Charlie says  that the last video clip of Steve reading another chapter of my latest adventure ''Harold wins gold', at the Olympic stadium.
I've put a link in below to make it super easy for you to enjoy more of the story....

http://youtu.be/96krRH_uCv4

Charlie says that if everyone sends this blog to their friends then we will go viral. That sounds much better than a tickly throat to me.
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