The Birds Eye of the Beholder
Oh little bird sing a song for me. Do you lie still with a broken wing, or are you frozen with fear perhaps? With what wonder and careful tread did Volumnia approach the inert form...
Yes, so it proved to be a piece of ragged weed control fabric - but in those fleeting moments it had been animated in the
Huzzah!
* Disclaimer: please note, in the original post the author mis-spelt Volumnia's name (errata). Following correspondence from Ms.
I tore my clothes to shreds by climbing through undergrowth and brambles recently in an attempt to reach a good-sized Giant Puffball mushroom in a field here, only to find that it was a discarded, plastic football. Always take binoculars on mushroom-hunts.
ReplyDeleteDear Tom,
DeleteThis is good advice. It is important to remove one's clothes before climbing through undergrowth and brambles. We will act accordingly.
Huzzah!
Oh God, Volumnia Spitcockle is my mum......
ReplyDeleteGeneral Sir Frogmela Spitcockle.
1st Battalion The Old Pals Ramblers
Dear General Sir Frogmela Spitcockle,
DeleteAs our esteemed Member, Colonel Hampton (deceased) is wont to cry at such moments, "nurgit at tattle frolopit axapomin voodle pod!"
Huzzah to ye!