Blandings Castle and Elsewhere

Within the ivied walls of Blandings Castle there are snakes in the rolling parkland ready to nip Clarence, the absent-minded Ninth Earl of Emsworth, when he least expects it. Empress of Blandings, in the running for her first prize in the Fat Pigs Class, is off her food - and can only be coaxed back to the trough by a call in her own language.

Intre zidurile cu iedera ale Castelului Blandings sunt serpi in parcul ondulat, gata sa-l zdrobeasca pe Clarence, al noualea conte distrat de Emsworth, atunci cand se asteapta mai putin. Empress of Blandings, aflata in cursa pentru primul ei premiu la Fat Pigs Class, nu mai are mancare - si poate fi convinsa inapoi la jgheab doar printr-un apel in propria ei limba.