OBITUARY
ARTEMIS SUCCUMBS
It is with deep sorrow that we report the passing of Artemis the hamster, who died last night in his cage in Traubert’s Heath.
Artemis, a one-year-old brown and white Syrian, was shot by an unknown assailant while playing in his wheel on August 19th. He went into a coma after the attack and never regained consciousness.
His owner, 29-year-old carpet fitter Lance Periwinkle, is said to be distraught and staying with relatives at an undisclosed address.
Tributes were led by Polly Fonnick, owner of Polly’s Pets in Froghill’s Station Precinct, who said: "I remember when Artemis was born. He was the runt of a litter of nine and quite shockingly ugly. I thought I’d never be able to sell him and would have to use him as food for the piranhas. But then, just in the nick of time, Mr Periwinkle came and bought him.
I remember one time Lance had to get Artemis a new wheel because he’d literally burned out his old one. That’s the kind of vivacious, fun-loving creature he grew up to be.”
Artemis will be interred in a special plot in St Mark’s churchyard on Friday morning, when local band Pimply Head will play This Wheel's on Fire in his honour.
18/09/07 @ 22:25