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** Magpies **
*** Max's
Mission ***
by Bobby Mac
part 5 of 13 ( Max's Mission
)
He could hear the Frogs at the Pond and as he went around
behind the Plum
trees he could see the white blossoms and smell
the sweet smell of the citrus
trees and the Jasmine. Not far
now he thought, as he could see the ducks laying
beside the
pond.
“What do you want ?”, asked Charlie Drake the
big duck leader.
“I'm on important business for my Dad
!!”, replied Max, “I have to go over
the bridge and
find Henry Hedgehog's brother Horace, I'm not allowed
to tell
anyone else, only Horace”.
“Hold on”, said
Charlie, “I'll just wake Matilda ad I'll come with you”.
So
Charlie and Max went over the little bridge, down behind the
Agapanthus,
in front of the Bamboo Cane.
“Horace, oh
Horace”, called Charlie, “Horace”.
“Okay,
okay, I can hear you”, said Horace grumpily, “I was
just going
out to eat, what's the matter ?”. Max told
Horace and Charlie what was
going on.
“Well, I'd
better get a move on”, said Horace, “I've got a lot to
do”
“I can help”, said Charlie, “I'll
alert the Hens and my ducks and I'll
tell Sinbad the Seagull
when he calls first thing in the morning, they
will be
interested I'm sure, after all, not even the Seagulls will get any
food
after the Magpies are finished, and if we don't stop them
as soon as they start,
we will all be looking for a new
home”.
“I agree”, said Horace, “once
the little birds go, then the Magpies will
pick on all of us in
turn until there's only Magpies left”.
Early the next
morning, just before the sun was up, Sinbad Seagull knocked
on
Belinda Blackbird's nest. “Hello”, he said, “I'm
afraid you were right,
there's trouble !”, and explained
what Charlie Drake had heard.
Belinda Blackbird called an
emergency meeting of the bird elders.
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Copyright:
Bobby Mac, June 2003
Published: www.tardemstudios.co.nz - 27th.
October 2004
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