Tripod tells me as we settle down to discuss both his life and his Campaign functions 'I've always had three legs for as long as I can remember. But Tripod was never a hamster who sat fretting and worrying in his early days - he simply got on with life and enjoyed it to its full. Take the male dog, for instance' he cites an example and has my full attention 'He needs both back legs or else, when he lifts his paw to pee up a lamppost, he'd fall over.
Fleas also have to have both legs or they'd propel themselves sideways.
It should be the concern of every more abled person to bear with the weaknesses of the frail - for too long we've locked the elderly and disabled away into their own little worlds and so lost out on a surprising depth of talent and ability. Well, Tripod certainly has a point. If you aim for nothing' he tells me 'you normally hit it. If you aim for the best then, even if you miss, you normally end up with something that's better than when you started' Dak the Hamster writes for the Rodent Weekly. This article appears courtesy of that paper.