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Amber Griffiths

A couple of months ago I posted a question about whether non-human animals had ever played tricks on you. There were loads of lovely stories, and I ended up drawing a few...

“My brother and I witnessed a ewe teaching her three lambs how to access the local refuse tip. She repeatedly showed them the technique. She would run head-on at the cattle grid, and at the last moment switch position to side-on, rolling over the grid and landing on her feet at the other side"

Brown kraft paper, with thin wash of cream paint to make three panels, first has a sheep running at a cattle grid with 3 lambs watching, second has a sheep rolling on the grid with a confused lamb watching, third has the sheep eating a carrot and a banana skin. The colours are all very muted, almost entirely cream.
Amber Griffiths

“I have fallen victim, more than once, to a pony taking a big mouthful of water, holding it in until the right moment, then dropping it down the back of my trousers” – quote from @ametonym

Brown kraft paper, light wash of cream paint to make 3 rough panels, first has horse drinking, second has horse looking round at a person bending over, third has the horse spitting water down the person's back
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Amber Griffiths

“Once after a routine vaccination my dog lay down, became completely rigid, and screamed if we touched him. We very delicately rushed him to the out of hours emergency vet. He screamed all the way, still rigid. The vet gently checked him over, then after a while said 'can we try just putting him on the floor, but pretend not to look at him'. We did, and he shook himself off, grinned, and started pottering around the room. The vet cracked up, said 'you've been had', and charged half the fee”

Brown kraft paper with 6 panels roughly painted in cream. Panel one is a disgruntled cream dog getting an injection, panel 2 is the dog angrily walking home, panel 3 is the dog feigning death with someone looking stressed, panel 4 is that person running carrying the dog, who's doing side-eyes, panel 5 is the vet checking over the dog while it still has side-eyes, and panel 6 is the vet and person looking on as the dog prances happily away
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Amber Griffiths

ngl it has been and continues to be two of the shite-est months on record so making these has been a nice distraction 💚

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Ciara

@amberfirefly Joyous. Both the sneaky, cheeky animals and your illustrated stories.

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Graham Dunning

@amberfirefly I enjoyed those a lot, thanks for doing them and sharing. sorry to hear things aren't good.

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Ciara

@amberfirefly Sorry to hear things have been tough. Thank you for making and sharing this loveliness

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louisa_ :)

@amberfirefly I'm sorry to hear you've been struggling. These are beautiful though. I love the style and colour selection - and the stories are obviously a delight.

I hope the shiteness eases up soon.

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Joan Combs Durso

@amberfirefly these are so wonderful! Thanks for the lift. May the months get better!

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David Clarke :tinoflag:

@amberfirefly our dog seems to often have a miraculous recovery when we arrive at the vets - hallowed ground perhaps.

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Maria Shanle

@amberfirefly delightful, thank you for sharing and for your adorable artwork ☺️

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