TRUE-LIFE
One look at my new guinea pig Basil and I was just smitten.
‘He's going to need a mate,’ I told my wife Sharon.
It was 2019 and I'd decided to get some guinea pigs as a way of mowing the lawns of the orchard out the back of our place, where I grew cherries, blueberries and apples.
A friend had heard I was on the lookout and gave me one.
‘His name's Tim Tam,’ my mate said.
It didn't seem to suit
