The new book is at the printers!

Steve's latest book in the Harold and Charlie adventure series is at the printers. Me and Charlie are desperate to see how good it looks. We can wait. Steve says the first lot of books will be back on Wednesday. That's miles away, I'm not sure we can wait that long!
This book is all about me! Yes I know they are all about me, that's why they are so good!
The new book is called Harold Wins Gold.
I don't want to give too much away but I might just win a gold medal, which I am thrilled about. If Charlie is really good I might even let him wear it sometimes, it's good to share.
I'll let you know when the books arrive. Steve is taking orders now for the books, so get your order in soon as I think this one might be really popular, what with all the gold medals that people are going to win in the summer!
Off to get into training
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Building up for lent

Well it's been a week, I spent ages opening lovely Valentine wishes from my fans - thanks to you all!
I'm sure some of the presents went missing, there weren't quite as many as I was expecting.
I suppose I shouldn't say too much as Charlie didn't get any cards. That's probably because he isn't as gorgeous as me!
Whoopee, it's pancake Tuesday this week. Me and Charlie love pancakes (they are our second favourite thing after cheese and pickle sandwiches of course). I wonder how many Steve will manage to stick to the ceiling this year?
Me and Charlie have come up with a great plan - it's a secret so sssshhhh!
We've been eating chocolate like mad all weekend just incase Mandy insists we stop eating it over Lent!
Charlie came up with the fab idea of each hiding a tube of smarties in our room.
What a great idea! Oh I can hear him whistling he must be hiding them now.
"Stop whistling Charlie, everyone will know you are being naughty!"
I best go and check where he has hidden his tube, for when I've eaten mine!
Laters
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Oooooh its Valentines day tomorrow

It's Valentines day tomorrow I wonder how many cards I'll get?
What do you think one or two .... hundred!
Last years cards seemed to go missing, so I'm expecting twice as many this year.
I won't be able to sleep tonight with excitement
I'd better go and get in a good position on the doormat ready for the postman!
Laters
Big kisses all round
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Brrrrrrr! It's super brrrrrrrrry!

It's been very, very cold this week.
I'm not really sure what minus 15 really means, except me and Charlie needing lots and lots of hot chocolates. It never gets this cold in Australia.
There has been loads of snow here, so we've been out playing in it.
The children next door made a really good snow man. But they were really impressed when they saw our snow platypus! Everybody thought it was really cool. Charlie is busy trying to persuade Mandy to put it into the freezer so that it won't melt. I don't think he has much chance. Oh well, we'll just have to make another one when it snows again. The next one will be even more brilliant!
Off to have my photo taken with the snow platypus
Laters
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So what are you giving up for lent?

Mandy has been telling me and Charlie that Lent will be starting in a couple of weeks and we should have a think about what we are going to give up.
I don't really like the sound of this at all!
She has been trying to persuade us to give sweeties, I like the sound of that even less!
At the end of Lent its Easter! Hurray! I like to think of Easter as chocolate Christmas. I hope that the Easter bunny is as good to us this year as she was last year. Oooooo! Lovely chocolate eggs! That's nearly enough to put me off my cheese and pickle sandwiches.
Well I've had a brilliant idea. We are going to give up sprouts for Lent! Yes that's right Brussels sprouts!
What do you think of that?
I may even start now.
I'm not sure how I am going to tell Mandy, I don't think she will be very happy, I'm guessing that isn't what she was thinking of. Oh well never mind...
Off for a cheese and pickle sandwich
Laters
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Hurray the new drawings have started to arrive!

I don't know if I mentioned to you platty lovers that Steve is writing a new story about me and Charlie (well mainly me!). I don't want to give the ending of the story away but lets just say I'm great, I may even win a gold medal! Coooool eh?
Have you guessed what the story is about yet?
The first of Molly's drawings have come in and they look absolutely fab! We are so excited!
Can't wait to see the rest of the drawings. It won't be long now before Steve can put the story and the drawings together into a lovely new book. Then it will be off to the printers so that all my fans can enjoy our latest adventure.
Keep your eyes peeled for the next great Harold and Charlie adventure. Don't worry I'll let you know when you need to rush down to the shops or get onto the interweb to buy the book! I look after my fans!
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Ps I wonder whether Celebrate with Kate's Cakes could do some scrummy cupcakes in the shape of me and a gold medal????? I'll have to get my order in for the book launch.

It's Christmas in January!

Me and Charlie got really excited yesterday. We were watching one of our favourite programmes when the adverts came on. They were all talking about Christmas and that Santa would be visiting very soon! Wow we both thought, that's great it doesn't seem like a whole year since Santa came the last time. Whooooooppppppeeeeeeee, we love Christmas. Did I tell you that me and Charlie (well its was really mostly me)saved Christmas the year Santa ate too many mince pies? It's a great read, if you search for 'Harold saves Christmas' on the interweb, you'll find it.
Well, I went to ask Mandy when we were going to be able to get the tree.
"Good grief", she said, "we've only just put all of the Christmas decorations away in the loft!"
Me and Charlie explained that it said on the telly that it was nearly Christmas, "the telly is always right", explained Charlie.
Unfortunately for us it seems that the telly isn't always right, especially when you are watching programmes off the iplayer! Booooooooooo, it seems like its ages before Christmas is coming. I'll have to check the website www.haroldtheplatypus.co.uk to see how far away it is.
Hang on in there Christmas and Santa lovers I'm sure it will be December before we know it....
Off for a cheese and pickle sandwich to cheer myself up
Laters
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