"Don't pull the plug out Harold!"!

"Don't pull the plug out Harold", I shouted. But it was too late! Me and Harold were playing down at the beach, when we found what looked like a giant plug. (You know like the ones that you get in the bath). As usual Harold was desperate to fiddle with it, but it looked a bit dangerous to me. The next thing I knew he had pulled it out! Just then the sea water started to disappear! But Harold hadn't noticed, his tummy had started to rumble and he had wandered off to find a cheese and pickle sandwich. Oh no! I tried to put the plug back but it didn't make any difference, the water was still disappearing. I sat down next the the plug and cried. No more days by the sea licking our ice lollies, while wiggling our toes/flippers in the water, booooooooo! Just then Mandy came to find me for lunch. I explained the whole sorry tale to her. She said I was a silly little bear, as she gave me a big hug, it had all been a huge coinkydink(coincidence for those that can say it). The tide just happened to be starting to go out at the same time as Harold pulled the plug, phew! So the water will be back again later. I best check - hopefully while I'm eating and ice lolly and wiggling my toes in the water! Best go before Harold realises I'm writing on his blog! Charlie Xx

Lynne Chapman workshop

Me and Charlie had a fab time at the Linton book festival last weekend. It was great we did lots of running around with all our new friends and Steve was doing lots of story telling - he was reading my lovely books, of course! You can find them at www.haroldtheplatypus.co.uk Anyway we went along to a workshop (we weren't very keen to start with, workshop sounds a bit like hard work and we don't like that! But it was really good fun!). The workshop or funshop (as we called it) was with a smashing lady called Lynne Chapman. She is brilliant at drawing, almost as good as Molly and Jess(well we are biased as Molly and Jess were kind enough to do the gorgeous drawings of us on our adventures). Me and Charlie are top drawers now, although Charlie doesn't seem to be able to get my beak quite right! Off to do some drawings, Lynne says practise makes perfect, as we think she has done alot of practise! Laters H X

Book festival

Not sure if I've mentioned this before, but Steve has been writing some stories about the cool adventures that me and Charlie have had. There are 5 stories now: Harold and the mermaid Harold saves Christmas Harold on safari Harold in space and Harold wins gold Well, the people organising the book festival thought that stories we're so good that they asked Steve to go and read the stories to the children at the festival. How exciting for the children to meet me and the person that wrote the lovely stories about me, all at the same time! It was great, we all had lots of fun. Mandy brought cheese and pickle sandwiches for lunch (our favourite, yum). She said I might have gotten a bit over-excited, all that running around with all my fans was tiring. Another great day. I' m off to bed. Laters H X

Chris Evans and Moira

Mandy was listening to the radio and Chris Evans came on. I like listening to him, he plays nice tunes in the morning. He was talking about his friend Moira doing the readings for a talking book. Now there's is a good idea, how great would it be to have the Harold and Charlie books read out so you could choose whether to listen to our super adventures or read the books. Moira if you're reading this, I'm waiting for your call! Ooooooh the phones ringing, wonder if it's Moira, got to go! H X

Good weather for ducks?

Well it hardly seems to have stopped raining recently. I was out today and overheard someone say that it was good weather for ducks while nodding in my direction. I think they must have thought I was a duck. Well I might be called a duck billed platypus and I might have a beak like a duck, but I'm a platypus and platypuses are much cooler than ducks don't you think? I am loving the wet weather, jumping in the small puddles and swimming in the big puddles. Poor Charlie has to wear wellies when he goes out in the rain, though they are very smart wellies! He also has to carry an umbrella to keep his fur dry. I'm sure Charlie wishes he was a platypus like me. I'm sure everyone would like to be a platypus! What do you think? You can always visit me on the interweb to let me know (www.haroldtheplatypus.co.uk). Off for a swim. Laters H xx

Ooooooooh look it's the Olympic torch!

Cor did you see the Olympic torch? It has just started its journey around the UK today - this sounds very exciting!
Mandy says that this is the torch that will be used to light the Olympic flame in the Summer.

This reminds me of when me and a dragon lit the flame to start World Sports Day in my latest adventure Harold Wins Gold - check it out by following this link thingy http://tinyurl.com/.

I bet they don't have a real dragon at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics like I did, but I'm sure it was still be really cool.
Just off to see if anyone needs a hand carrying the torch.....
Laters
H
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Seals!!!

It's been so exciting this weekend! As I told you in my last blog me and Charlie were going to the beach this weekend.
We managed to get our beach hut all set up with our favourite drinks and sweets and we were just settling down to a nice cheese and pickle sandwich, when Charlie noticed something moving in the water.
Last year Charlie got binoculars for his birthday and he's always looking through them! He's always imagining that he has seen all sorts of exciting things like the loch ness monster..... So as usual I ignored him and went off for my first swim of the year.
I was just doing a bit of back stroke when I felt something swim past me. Suddenly there was something that looked a bit like a dog right next to me. I have to tell you, it gave me a bit of a fright. So Charlie had seen something in the water.
"Hello, there" said the doggy thing, "what on earth are you, I've never seen anything like you before!"
"I'm a platypus of course! My name is Harold. Are you a dog? You're a very good swimmer. Almost as good as me!"
"I'm a seal, my name is Hector, and I bet I'm a better swimmer than you!".
We raced up and down the channel. I won every time, well nearly every time, well once!
Gosh I'm ready for a big ice cream now, followed by a cheese and pickle sandwich, of course!
Laters
H
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