Good news! Mr Chongo is making a slow recovery. We had thought he was a goner for sure. Also, we have discovered something quite unsettling: the larch tree is a conifer. It does not produce berries. This means that the 12 pounds of bright red berries which Mr Chongo consumed were of an unidentified type. We are investigating and hope to come up with an answer to this mystery quite soon.

Fortunately, there have been very few calls lately from telemarketers, so we expect to weather the storm until Mr Chongo recovers fully and can assume his normal duties again.

- LH