Howye fokes! How is things? Friday the 13th began with MadDogTed looken everywhere fer his looky horse-shoe cos it was the nighta the annual Big Huge Poker Tournamint where Mr Slasher always puts up a grate secret prize fer the winner. Anyways, then MadDogTed spotted a horse outa the winda beyont in the field and decided ta go down fer ta see if it'd loan him one or two of his horsey shoes fer the night.

Before the tournamint there was no signa MadDogTed cept fer his looky silver bucket what he usually up-turns ta sit on during these grate occasions. This time he was taken no chances cos it was filled up with looky 4-leaved clovers. Then, there was a big huge cuffuffal and in comes MadDogTed riden the horse and clutchen on ta a looky black cat, just ta be sure ta be sure.

Well, the horse was a biteen nervis and was leaven a awfull mess on the floor but MadDogTed sed where's there's muck there's look, and was just about ta sit down fer ta playa bitta poker when the looky black cat nocked over the looky bucket and then the horse spotted the looky clover and ate it all and MadDogTed couldn't stop him cos he kept slippen on the looky muck. Then the horse started feelen looky and decided ta get in on the gamblen and was delt a royal flush and eventually ended up winnen the tournamint. No dout poor MadDogTeddy would've been hart-broke at the news if he was conscious, but at some pint he'd split his hed on one of the horse's looky shoes and was out ded cold fer the count.

But the thing is, the horse was actually the secret prize up fer grabs so he ended up winnin himself which, a course, is against the rules fer sure and the hole thing had ta be cancelled til next week. Whatsmore, when MadDogTed split his hed open the tempory steel-plate - what was put in there after a previous Friday 13th fiasco - fell out and what with the health cut-backs and everythin, it transpired ta be his original missen looky horse-shoe. Upon hearen all this grate news when he eventually recovered, all me little pal could say, "Is Friday 13th me looky day or what?"

Be seein ya

GallantTed