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	This puzzled puss is Lucy Hall, a newly discovered, long-lost, distant relative from Kilgaroy, Queensland, Australia. Lucy's devoted person (Linda) relates - " Lucy is a lilac Burmese - who we love dearly, and who is personality plus!!! They are an interesting breed, remaining playful into old age (we have lost a number of breakable things around the house and had net curtains turned to shreds)!! They can be trained to fetch (everything she takes a fancy to ends up on the dining room couch, including things bigger than herself)!!! taken for walks on leads but can not be let outside alone because they have no sense of self preservation and are usually run over. As we live on a corner we take especial care she does not get out. She is about 8 months old now and killed her first mouse 2 days ago. Being Lucy it was not just any mouse, but my computer mouse!!! When I work on the computer she always keeps me company by sitting on top of the tower. I was doing some work, got called away and when I got back my cursor was stuck and nothing I did would move it. Tried restarting the computer with no luck and was just about to call our computer fixit person when I decided to check the port attachment. It was loose - Lucy's foot must have slipped, knocking it loose and detaching it. If you knew Lucy, it is really typical that her first mouse kill would be a computer mouse - she is a real showoff and converts even the cat haters into wanting to take her home!! Needless to say - she is horribly spoilt, but gives back what she gets!! Basically it is like having a 2 yr old child in the house at all times!! "
		"The evenings are warm and the kitchen light attracts the green tree frogs onto the windowsill to catch the insects. Lucy gets most frustrated - she can see them - but can't catch them!! We have had up to 5 of varying sizes out there,which drives Lucy nuts!! "
	This cute little chap on the right is Ralph and he lives in the same house as Lucy. Linda says "He's a little Australian Sydney Silkie and so gentle with everyone and everything, and he does put up with a lot from Lucy! He turned up at our front door one night in the middle of a fierce storm, (with large gashes in his side) and made himself at home, after we attended to his injuries. Inquiries found he had come from next door. Ralph had belonged to nextdoors parents, but since they got older they weren't able to care for him, so he had taken him in. However as he had 6 pig dogs (which had attacked Ralph) he really didn't want him, so he came to us, and has been with us for the last five years. He is lying at my feet as I type this." Thank goodness for happy endings!