Agatha Armitage: Why is Thursday so Wonderful?
Featuring my neighbour, the muntjacs and my sandwich-eating companion.
Dear Friend,
It’s Thursday today, and you know what that means! …
Oh dear, I was rather hoping that writing that would jog my memory, but it has done nothing at all… You see, the fox seems very excited that it is Thursday but I have no idea why. He keeps saying “I am very excited that it is Thursday again!”
I like Thursdays as much as the next person (mostly because of the way it sounds… ‘Thurs’ is considerably gentler than ‘Sat’ or ‘Tues’, and makes me feel rather like a cat when I say it… I don’t think this is why the fox likes Thursdays though because he doesn’t speak English).
I’ve been racking my brain all morning but really cannot understand why he is so jovial. Judging by your lack of a response, I don’t think you can understand it either (I was rather hoping you would reach through this letter and explain it to me… even though I know that’s not how letters work).
The reason I am so panicked is that the fox gets offended by such things. You see, the fox has an extraordinary memory, and only decides to forget things when they’re no longer important. I, however, seem to forget important things all of the time (I once forgot where I live and accidentally broke into the stationmaster’s house by accident. I was reading on their sofa when they found me… Certainly an awkward encounter, and not one I wish to repeat…). If the fox realises I have forgotten why Thursday is important, he will think I don’t care and may leave Jellyfish Cottage and never come back.
I tried to ask the elephant why Thursday was important, but the elephant had popped out for a spa day and was thus not available for comment.
The pigs, meanwhile, are still stuck inside that darned wardrobe. I have no idea how to get them out and am just thankful that they installed a television inside which seems to be keeping them quite entertained. So long as they keep streaming Babe, I think they’ll be fine (it’s Babe Appreciation Week, and Channel 2 is streaming Babe on repeat). The pigeons meanwhile do not speak English and don’t seem to have any idea what a Thursday even is…
The fox has just peeked his head round the door to - once again - remind me that it is Thursday and that he is “OVERWHELMINGLY EXCITED”.
“Thank onion it’s Thursday!” I remarked, which he thankfully seemed quite satisfied by.
He has now left to comb his fur (he has a multi-step fur care routine which is time-consuming enough that I hopefully have time to figure out why Thursday is so important.
I have to dash - this pickle isn’t going to resolve itself! I shall write when I have answers!
Your friend,
Agatha
I absolutely adore this piece of work you have written and would love if you kept going! I am quite fond of your writing and hope to see more again soon! I found these three meaningful quotes of writers that could inspire you, and I hope you find them interesting:
Victor Hugo: "A writer is a world trapped in a person".
Ernest Hemingway: "All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed".
George Orwell: "Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle... driven on by some demon".
Maybe you can find something in those quotes that will motivate you, and maybe you’ve already heard of them, but either way, I hope you have more than just a productive week. (like you always say!)
It is a good day for tea… but really, any day is