Wednesday, 7 January 2026
Friendly Thoughts - Just Siblings
Siblings. They've been on this planet since the beginning of our time on Earth. There were cave siblings, Roman siblings, Greek siblings and Georgian siblings. But when I think of siblings, I always think of my dog as a sibling to me - me? I'm Horrid Henry. My dog? Perfect Peter.
It all started yesterday at lunch, when we were fighting over air-fryer cooked chicken nuggets - I can talk, Mylo can't so he can't scream "MUUUUUUUUUUUUUM!" like Perfect Peter does. And this morning, we were fighting over Shreddies because it kept spilling on my pyjamas like Adult Swim-produced toxic waste. We were fighting over who gets the bowl of milk as I took it into the kitchen, and as a result my dog ripped up a pair of my pyjamas so I had to lure him away with TreatOs.
As for Horrid Henry and Perfect Peter themselves, their aggressive relationships continue throughout every single book their creator Francesca Simon spews out - so much so that we have repeated catchphrases, the yell of "Don't be horrid, Henry!", and sometimes the occasional repeat of the time when Horrid Henry read some books, or engaged in a bake off, or...I can't even remember that. However in the TV show, Horrid Henry and Peter's relationship slowly changed.
At the beginning of the series, which remained faithful to the original books, Henry and Peter were fighting a lot, but when the series was toned down to feature stuff like modern technology and Number Gnomes and Fimbles references, Henry and Peter suddenly got on very well, and almost every single episode produced at the time showed Henry becoming less and less horrid until he wasn't as horrid as he used to be anymore. Now he is 'Humble Henry'.
Speaking of which...
My characters Furaha and Orko have been siblings ever since Orko welcomed Furaha into her life when she was born. Now, the two get on extremely well, unlike Henry and Peter. They share their interests and secrets, giggle over the funniest things and share the same relationships with their family and friends, neither of them ever gets jealous. That's because Orko had developed a healthy relationship with his sister the moment she was born, and whatever they did from cuddling Furaha's favourite rabbit to tickling and cradling, Furaha wasn't just a pet to Orko, it was like he had a second daughter.
He is so lucky to have a nice, gentle little sister like Furaha.
"Friends like us will never part,
I'll always keep you close to my heart."
- Orko to baby Furaha
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