Lion

 Ailz bought a toy stuffed lion from the Tip Shop. It's a bit bigger than the cat but roughly the same colour. It sprawls under the table in the hall in a sphinx like pose-  front legs, extended- and everytime I go past I think it's going to reach out a paw and have a dab at me. 

She calls it Clarence and I call it Lenny after the leonine TV stars of our far-off childhood....