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** Magpies **
*** Caesar's
Plan ***
by Bobby Mac
part 4 of 13 ( Caesar's Plan
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“Trouble ?”, replied Sasha. “Not that
Percy Possum again,I thought
we had taught him a lesson, and
he was being good now.
“No, no, not Percy Possum, Dora
Magpie and all her relations”, interrupted Tigger,
then
he told Sasha and Caesar, who had wandered over to see what was
up,
about the Magpie's plan to scare all the smaller and
younger birds away
and grab all the food.
“Belinda
Blackbird said she thought something wasn't quite right, that's
why
they've been staying close to the smaller and younger
birds”, said Sasha,
“well Granny won't let them get
away with it, we all know the rules, get
on with everyone or
leave”.
“Ummm.,ummm.”, said Tigger, “if
we pick on the Magpies first
Granny might think it's our
fault”. Caesar called over his young son
Max, who was
almost as big as his dad. “Now”, said Caesar, “I
want you
to do exactly what I say, go out and find Horace
Hedgehog, Henry's brother,
and ask him to tell all Granny's
animals what's going on, and they must
be ready to act on my
word”.
“I could tell them”, said Max, “I
would be a lot quicker”. “And”, said
Sasha,
before Max could continue, “you're a lot bigger
and noisier, Dora Magpie
is not silly enough to miss you
charging around, just do what you have been
told, and, please,
do it quietly”.
“Okay”, barked Max, then
slipped quickly and quietly out of the house, much
against his
natural instinct, which was to charge around barking and
chasing
balls and sticks, or any other toy that he could get
anyone to throw.
Horace lived down near the pond, so Max had to
go past the table and chairs
that Granny and Granddad used to
sit on, under the big umbrella which was
folded down, and the
moon was partially blocked by the big Magnolia trees.
Max
thought of how different things looked at night, as big as, he
wasn't
sure he wanted to hang around here on his own. He
carried on passed the
Holly and the Cabbage trees, past the
Weeping Cherry, through the apple
and pear
trees.
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Copyright: Bobby Mac, June
2003
Published: www.tardemstudios.co.nz - 26th. October 2004
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