Elmer the Elephant pays us a visit

I think it's a right royal pain in the ****, but it must be doing some good or else the teachers would not let it happen every year right?

I'm talking about the annual adoption of Elmer the Patchwork Elephant of course. One week in the first term of school, we have to look after Elmer. This means taking pictures of it in situ and then writing about "my week with Elmer" in the "Elmer diary". It's a true pain dragging this bloody thing around and then printing off 1/2 doz photos and writing the entry in the (only) 3 free hours you get on a Sunday evening before you have to return the thing + the diary next morning. Actually, Joss does the work of course. I just grumble about it.

Yours, grumpy middle-aged Mark