Strange Noises From Mum

Barney's Diary

8th August 2026

Strange Noises From Mum

There have been some very strange noises coming from Mum over the last few days.

Not normal Mum noises either.

There's been lots of huffing

Quite a lot of tutting. And every now and then we hear things like...

"What on earth?" 

"No, no, no!"

"Why have you done THAT?"

And the one we've been hearing quite a lot...

"Oh, not AGAIN!"

Hunter and I have been getting a little worried.  Yesterday we were lying on the floor when we heard a particularly loud,

"OH, FOR GOODNESS SAKE!"

Hunter lifted his head and looked at me.  I lifted my head and looked at Hunter.

"Do you think Mum's alright?" he asked.  "I think she might be having a problem," I said.

We both looked over at Mum.  She was staring at her laptop.  Then she clicked something. 

She stared at it again.  Then came another very long sigh. 

Hunter looked at me.  I looked at Hunter.  We both shrugged our shoulders.

Whatever was wrong, it obviously had something to do with that laptop.  And we know absolutely nothing about laptops.  So we did the only sensible thing we could think of.

We went outside to play.

A little while later there was another strange noise from inside the house. 

"YESSSSS!"

Hunter stopped.  I stopped.  We looked at each other."  Do you think she fixed it?" asked Hunter."  Sounds like it," I said.  So we carried on playing.

Honestly, humans are very strange sometimes.

Barney

Chief Reporter & Quality Control Manager
Crumpled Paper Productions

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