birds
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Lucy Skylark Entry 17, 25th May.
Something strange happened the other day… Although I didn’t find it strange so much as surprising! I found an injured sparrow on the side of the road, and when I reached down to check on the poor thing, it looked up at me and said, “Help”. In English. Out loud. The sparrow then passed out… Continue reading
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Lucy Skylark Entry 7, 14th April.
Teddy appeared at the dining room doorway. “Lucy, come quick! Something very weird is happening!” I rushed upstairs and discovered he was right… there was a storm howling outside my window. One half of the house was in sunshine… the other being battered by a full-on storm. Continue reading
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Lucy Skylark Entry 4, 31st March.
Suki’s eggs have hatched! They are dear little chicks, although very noisy, and since she is on her own, Suki needs a lot of help getting enough food for them. Teddy does not like this. He wasn’t fond of Suki anyway, and, now there are a whole brood of chicks too, he is very restless.… Continue reading
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Lucy Skylark Entry 3, 24th March.
Dear Vera, Oh, I feel like such a stupid, silly child. I’ve been here just over three weeks now and everything seemed fine but this morning Suki nudged me awake and said she thought she could hear something. There was a mouse underneath my bed! Continue reading
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Lucy Skylark Entry 1, 10th March.
An unexpected visitor at my window today. A very pretty little bird landed on my window sill. I went to give her some seeds and then she chirped at me rather insistently that, as a witch, I was obligated to give her room and board. Well, I was very surprised to hear a bird talk… Continue reading
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