Friday 11 February 2011

An Explanation

Why 'Thoughts from a Dormouse'?

I was a dreamer when I was a child. One day at school a young, exasperated, teacher asked me a question. I don't know what it was, I didn't realise that she had spoken to me until I heard 'You are never awake in class, we will have to call you dormouse'.  It stuck! for the rest of my primary years I was known as 'dormouse'. In my mind I had a picture of a chubby creature sleeping in a teapot at the Mad Hatter's Tea Party.


Over thirty years later I made my first acquaintance with a real dormouse.  By then I was beginning to become involved with wildlife and conservation and had been offered the opportunity to train for a dormouse licence with Avon Wildlife Trust.  I wouldn't say it was love at first sight, but it was close!  I now have my licence and am still amused at just how prophetic that thoughtless remark turned out to be.

1 comment:

  1. oh Gill they are adorable.. how wonderful to work with and for them.

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