Is your best friend a rabbit? If the answer is ‘No’ please move on to the next question.

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Hello - thought I might find you here.

Alright then, is your best friend a sheep? If the answer is ‘Yes’ then please proceed to the nearest hospital where a doctor will look after you and a nurse will brush your hair and tell you everything is going to be fine. (Just make sure they don’t eat all of your grapes.)

BUT actually rabbits and sheep can co-exist in the most wonderful way. And the very best example of this is to look at the friendship that has grown between Sarah McIntyre’s dazzling duo, Vern and Lettuce.

Vern (the sheep) and Lettuce (the rabbit) are best friends - soul mates if you will. Not entirely similar at all either in breed or character, but together they form a funtubulous dynamic. 

Vern is a bit of a worrier, Lettuce is more spirited and carefree. Vern plays the tuba (‘BWAAT’!!!!). Lettuce can sing (….well, she seems to think so anyway) and together they plan to audition for Barnyard Talent and meet fox impressario, Ricky Reynard. On the way they knit, bake, bunny-sit and meet moles, polar bears, badgers and bus driving cats (that don’t allow pigeons to ride their bus. How rude!). Our two heroic animals turn the London cityscape into one big adventure and there are plenty of giggles to be had in each comic strip.

When I met Sarah, I asked her a couple of Vern and Lettuce related questions exclusively for BOOKhut:

BOOKhut: If Vern could knit you something what would you ask him to make you?

Sarah McIntyre: It would probably be a jumper with lots of pockets.

BOOKhut: If Vern and Lettuce bought each other a present, what would it be?

Sarah McIntyre: I think Vern would bake Lettuce some cookies and Lettuce would get Vern some skydiving lessons. Vern would hate that, and he would need some convincing to jump out of the plane.

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Again BOOKhut would like to give two huge thumbs up to the brilleriffic Sarah McIntyre. Vern and Lettuce is our BOOKhut recommendation so spoil yourselves and seek it out TODAY!!!

I’m off to visit my friend in hospital. He thinks he’s an armadillo named Bernice. I’ve already eaten his grapes so he’ll be disappointed about that.

Tatty bye BOOKworms!

Des