JoeMonday 30 September 2002, 19:45hrs, I am walking down the High Street in Gillingham, North Kent after leaving the station when I finally got out of my delayed train from Victoria. I had to wait fifteen minutes outside Chatham station before the train was allowed to move. By the time I reached home, I would have missed Coronation Street and I would have to wait for the episode to be repeated on ITV 2. As I reached the door and about to put the key through the lock, my 10 year old son James open the door with a smile on his face, saying, “Hello dad, come in the dining room.” As I entered the dining room, I could see a cage on the dining room table and in the cage there was a hamster. James said with a smile, “It is my new pet Dad.” I asked who gave it to him and James replied our next door neighbour. I asked how did it happen. James said, “I was playing out and Frank’s sister Jade asked me if I would like to have a pet hamster. And I said yes please.” June came downstairs and into the dining room, smiling too and said, “Do you like the new arrival?” I asked June: “Are you and James going to look after the Hamster?” June, James’ mother, replied: ”No, its James’ pet and he would look after it”. I asked where is it going to stay? And June said, “In James’ room.”James said with a smile, “The name of the hamster is Joe after the lead singer of my favourite rock band, Slipknot.” The hamster was brown and white and it is known as a Syrian hamster and it is a common one for pets. There are other types like the Russian hamster but they look more like mice then hamsters. I said to James, “Why don’t we call the hamster Snowy?” James smiled and said: ”No, the hamster’s name is Joe after the lead singer of my favourite rock band.” After a while I agreed to Joe being the new hamster’s name. Then James and I took the cage to his bedroom. We decided that the best place for the cage was on top of his small wardrobe. The following Saturday James and I went to the library to get some books on hamsters. On the way back from the library we
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