As he emerged once again into the church, he noticed that the majority of the congregation had gone home, except for maybe half a dozen old boys scattered around the church asleep in the pews, snoring loudly. At that point he burst out laughing and said to Martha, "You little rascal, you did well back there. You showed that pompous bastard!" After enduring the minister's draconian and boring lecture, he found himself understanding why only Dougal Menzies' cattle and sheep attended church, standing in the aisles chewing their cud! Mr Finleyson then put his scarf, hat, Donkey jacket and gloves on, then put on Martha's bonnet, cape and her scarf that he always carried around in his jacket pocket for when the weather dropped below zero. Martha had an array of wool scarves that Miss Daniels from the pet shop knitted for her. They hung neatly on the coat rack in the hall of his house. Once they were wrapped up well, he gave Martha a big hug and twirled her round and round as he danced her down the aisle towards the door doing an'Eightsome Reel'! He then opened the door and stepped outside. It was the middle of the night. He was not prepared for the freezing cold that that hit him. It literally took his breath away! He wrapped his scarf around his face, just his eyes exposed. He wrapped Martha's little scarf around her face with only her little black, beady eyes shining out into the darkness. He then tucked Martha inside his jacket for extra warmth and protection from the elements. He then zipped his jacket back up to where Martha's chin was. It must be -15ºc but what made it worse was the frost which had frozen the snow and it was blowing a gale, which made the air temperature feel as if it was -30º with the wind chill factor taken into account! It was still dark and there was no one going about. He turned to walk to his Land Rover which would be frozen solid! He would have to use the can of de-icer on his windscreen. As the heater in the Land Rover had stopped working years ago, he had a small portable space heater that would actually heat the inside of his vehicle faster than a car heater would. Mr Finleyson's boots made crunching sounds as he walked towards his 4x4 on the