"Samira the Swan?" said Dot, pulling at her bunches. "A swan was directing the filming?"

"Sure thing!" said Mr Mouse. "When we came on set, she was having this BIG argument with one of the lighting guys - they were all weasels, don't know why. This one had one of those special belts on with a load of tools on it and a big orange hard hat thing and he was standing there looking at Samira in this really sassy way."

You should know all about that Mr Mouse, thought Dot, smiling to herself.

"He was going "If you WANT blues, you can HAVE blues. Blue light all over the set if that's the way you want it. All you need to do is say, Samira." " Mr Mouse shook his head. "He was one weasel who shoulda known better. Samira just brings out this big bunch of paper from under her wing - what they call the "shooting script" - and goes "So - help me out a bit here Ronnie. Maybe I need some new glasses" - she had this really funky kinda square pair on with a sparkly red frame. Then she points at a page in the scripts and says in this really sweety-pie voice: "What does this say, then?"

Mr Mouse chuckled. "There was this big silence. Then Ronnie the Weasel goes "Oh... yeah... well... I knew about that... I just thought... "

"She sounds bossy!" said Wiz. "Hope she's not going to be like that HORRIBLE Brian Mallow!"

"Oh no, she just has to be in charge" said Mr Mouse. "All the time! There's just so much happening on a film set. Anyways, poor old Ronnie was looking really silly and Samira just went "I sssssssee" - she always did that kind of hiss thing when she was sorting something out - and then she saw us!"

"Gulp!" said Dot.

"Yeah, right" said Mr Mouse. "She looked at us for a moment with her head on one side and then she goes "Ah! Our two stars. Two stars winning Rodent Roundup, Adrian my dear?" Then old Ade comes back in his screen up above the set this time, with the big lights all round him, again and says "Ah... yes... Samira... should have told you... " and does this BIG explanation thing, saying why he did this and did that and about Brian Mallow and - " "Sounds like he was scared of her!" said Wizzy, making his funny little snuffly sound he does when he thinks something's a bit funny. "Oh well, I wouldn't say scared, not exactly" said Mr Mouse, shaking his head. "It's just you gotta keep the director happy, or the whole film shoot can go wrong! When he finished though Samira just went "I sssssssee" again and then she says "Two winners in Rodent Roundup, ah well... after all we have already had a fox in a talent contest for rodents, so I suppose anything can happen round here!"

"What did she mean?" asked Wiz, looking puzzled.

"Durr, muttfeatures" said Mr Mouse, taking a quick step backwards as Wiz swiped at him with his paw "Foxes aren't rodents, are they? That's guys like me, and gerbils and hamsters and rats and stuff. Means an animal that does a lot of nibbly-nibbling with his teeth. Not someone like Fionula the Flying Fox - remember her? She hadda disaster and got knocked out really early on...?"

"Oh yes!" said Dot. "In Chapter 8!" She pointed up above her head with a grin. "Just up there everyone!"

"Hang on folks before you go back there!" said Mr Mouse tetchily. "Let me finish first! Anyway, Adrian just shrugged and went "Well I thought she deserved a chance, she's so talented!" and Samira just goes "I sssssssee!" again. Then she just looked at me and Cousin Esure again and said "Well, welcome anyway, my dears. I think you'd better go straight to makeup - we're nearly ready for your first take!"

Mr Mouse shook his head, looking sad. "And that's when the trouble started!"