The trials and tribulations of a group of feathered misfits whose one aim is to loot the Bird Munchies factory.

START EPISODE #16

Three days later.

"Righto, I call this meeting to order. Where’s Squill?"

"I saw him a while ago over by the tennis courts in the park. He should be here any minute."

"Typical lorikeet. Never on time."

"Well he’s got sore wings."

"Haven’t we all. I’m still having nightmares about that flight Tandar. Especially those last few kilometres. Sheesh! It takes real genius to come in right over the airport."

"I’m sorry about that Piki, but look at the bright side. They say travel broadens the mind."

"Yeah, well that airbus very nearly broadened Kalki’s."

"Never mind we made it. Now all we-"

"Hang on, here’s Squill. What’s that you’ve got Squill?"

"Tennis ball. I found it in the grass near the courts. I’m going to start a collection. If I can get another one I’ll have a pair. Then if I get another one I’ll have a pair plus one and if I get another one after that I’ll have a pair plus one plus one, and if I get-"

"Okay, okay. We get the picture. Where are you going to put it."

"I could tell him where to -"

"Cool it Zingo."

"Yeah cool it catbreath. Just because you’ve never collected anything in your life. Except fleas maybe."

"Well what’s he want tennis balls for anyway? Lorikeets don’t play tennis."

"We could if we wanted to. Anyway it’s a bird friendly game."

"How do you make that out?"

"Y’no those racquet things they hit the ball with. Well that string they have in the racquets is, cop this, cat gut!"

"Rubbish!"

"S’true. If more humans played tennis, there wouldn’t be enough cats to go round. Think how much better that would make the world."

"Hey that reminds me. What do you get if you cross a cat with a steamroller?"

"Well, I suppose-"

"Immense satisfaction! Geddit."

"If I can just interrupt here. We’re supposed to be having a meeting. Just do something with that ball Squill so we can get on."

"It’s okay, I’ll just hang on to it for the time being."

"Right, now the first thing we-"

"Tandar before we begin, those pigeons are still making fun of us. Now they’re calling us the poo parrots and -"

"Take no notice of them Rosso. The thing about pigeons is that they are basically dishonest. Scratch a pigeon and you find a crook. Whereas we parrots, lorikeets cockatoos and rosellas are possessed of integrity, principle and honesty."

"You’re right there, Tandar!"

"Good. So lets get on and work out a way of stealing some munchies."

"Tandar my foot’s going numb holding this ball."

"Well just hold it with your beak for a while."

"Good idea. Thanks."

"Now if we can just get back-"

"Tandar we don’t seem to be having much luck with the munchies. Shouldn’t we give it a rest for a while?"

"Yeah Tandar every time we try to get into that factory we have a disaster. I think it’s jinxed."

"Hmm. I’ve been thinking about that too. What we need is to find somewhere else they have munchies. Other than the factory, I mean."

"Yeah, like a photo studio."

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