Arnold’s sweet smell of freedom
Freedom, for Arnold, was sweet — but shortlived. No sooner had he befriended the staff at the Stoneyhurst Sawmill — who gave him his name — than they put him in the clutches of the Waimairi County Council. Now he rests in durance vile, awaiting a claimant, or the ultimate indignity of sale by auction. Arnold wandered up to the sawmill about two weeks ago. His Westland County Council collar declared him a stranger, but his manner was sociable: clearly a Coaster.
The men at the mill realised that Arnold must, somewhere, have a grieving owner. So they handed him over to the council. Arnold showed his displeasure by consuming some of the council's finest stationer}'. Now he is sharing the pound with a pig, and is feeling somewhat sheepish.
Failing rescue by their owners, the cell-mates will face the auctioneer on Wednesday.
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Press, 24 June 1978, Page 1
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