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

START EPISODE #37

Some time later.

"Hey Tandar can’t we take a rest, I’m knackered. We must have flown about 500 kilometres."

"Geez Drongo I must have eyes like an eagle then."

"Why’s that Rosso?"

"Cos I can still see Parliament House quite clearly."

"Y’know Rosso there’s probbly something worse than a smartarse galah, but offhand I can’t think what."

"All right, cool it you two. We may as well stop for a rest. Some of us have had a few too many sunflower seeds."

"Tandar, its going to take a long time if we stop every twenty kays."

"It’s all right for you Kalki you’re into fitness and stuff."

"All I’m saying is that if we don’t move a bit quicker than this, it’ll be time to come back as soon as we get there."

"Waddya mean, time to come back. We’re birds for crying out loud. We have no concept of time. Speaking of which, Rosso?"

"Yeah it’s about half past four I’d say Tandar, by the length of the shadows. Be dark in a couple of hours."

"Hey I’ve got an idea. Why don’t we wing it back to the Vortex factory, stock up, get a good nights sleep, then set out again tomorrow morning."

"I thought you’d say something like that Kaegi? Then I suppose we get to about here and go through the whole rigmarole again."

"Rigmarole? What’s a rigmarole?"

"Hell Kaegi don’t you know anything. It’s one of those truckwash things."

"Are you mad Tandar. I’m not flying through a truck wash. Have you seen those things. There’s water and brushes and water and...."

"It’s not a truckwash you featherhead. Why do you listen to Drongo? He wouldn’t notice his tail feathers caught in a mangle until it reached his beak. Sheesh. All I’m saying is that we go on or back. Two choices."

"That’s not many Tandar, in fact it’s only one more than one."

"Yeah or two more than none at all. You’re going to have to lift your game. I bet they’re smarter than this in Sydney."

"Sheesh!"

"Wait on, wait on, there’s no need to fight among ourselves. We just need a schedule."

"What’s a shedule Rosso?"

"A system. What say we fly for an hour then rest for fifteen minutes."

"Okay, then what?"

"We fly for another hour, then rest for fifteen minutes, etcetera."

"Sounds pretty much the same as your first idea, except for the etcetera part. Is that the eating?"

"If you like. Look are we going to do this or not? Sydney won’t come to us."

"Okay, okay, do we start now?"

"Yep, lets go."

"I meant the fifteen minutes rest part."

"Yeah Rosso, or the etcetera part. I’m hungry."

"All right. There’s a bit of a park just over there. There’s sure to be something to eat, then we fly until dark."

"I never knew holidays were such hard work. I’m glad we don’t take many."

"Somehow Piki I think there are going to be a few Sydneysiders who will say amen to that."

"Religious lot are they?"

"Just eat your seeds."

 

 

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