FIVE
Martin turned his nose up at the dried food that was good for him. Meesh thought he looked funny; not the result the small, intelligent, Border Terrier wanted, and he shrank back into his wiry, scruffy, ginger hair and applied his sulky face that he had learned from Jane Austin. Martin, in addition to being an accomplished actress, was a small dog with a massive heart and, like his former master, Jack Austin, the terrier lived in his own dream world where he was bigger, braver, and better looking than he actually was. Having said that, the Queen had recently awarded Martin the George Bone, a dog bravery award, and later that same day, as if to prove to any doubters, he had chewed the bollocks off a particularly nasty pirate, Captain Pugwash RN, who had shot at his mistress and master
