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Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by Douglas M. MacIlroy.
Copyright Douglas M. MacIlroy
“Oh, man, I’m not sure how much longer I can stay cooped up in…”
“Shh! Look!”
“Wow, a little bird! Shh, don’t scare him.”
“He’s just going about his business. Doesn’t know about the problems of humans.”
“Let’s get a little closer!”
“Yes!”
“Able still to explore the world while we’re isolating.”
“Amazing, huh? Look at his beautiful feathers!”
“Yep. Aw, during all this and then this amazing thing happens. Takes your breath away.”
“It does. Now, carefully…”
Click. BANG! Squaaaaawk. Thud.
“We may be out of toilet paper, but we’ll eat well tonight! Roast budgie, sparrow, whatever!”
“Magic!”
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Yum… sparrows are delicious… with garlic and lemon.
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Now my mouth is watering!
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That’s a couple of birds that have been sacrificed for our survival this week already! We’re a selfish species for sure! 😉
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Well, look at it, just sitting there looking all plump and delicious 🙂
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It’s a Finch. I don’t know what you call them there, but here, that would be a wintertime Goldfinch. Not much eating on that little bird, I’m afraid.
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I would say a chaffinch, so a bit more meat than a goldfinch!
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We call them finches too. I’m not good at identifying birds, so neither is my protagonist!
No, he is a bit tiny.
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Oh, dear! I hope I don’t have to resort to hunting my own food. And I have no idea how to make toilet paper either 😀
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I wonder which tabloid is the most absorbent 🙂
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Having read some of them, none seem to hold water 😀
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Hee, very witty 🙂
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At this rate, there’ll be no wildlife left!
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What we will eat then? 😉
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That’s what you call fast food 🙂 Nice one.
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Not fast enough heh heh 🙂
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That’s one way to avoid going to the supermarket.
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A bit extreme, but needs must!
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I did not see that coming at all. Great twist!
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Thanks, I tried to obscure the ending as long as possible!
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Split my sides. hahahha! I sincerely hope these guys ARE NOT my neighbors. I carefully feed my fine feathered friends. I don’t want the picked, plucked, and pressure-cooked (or grilled… which sounds tastier?) Loved it!
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You feed ’em up ready for your neighbours’ oven… I’m glad you liked it!
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You shoot a bird that small, you’ll be scraping the pieces off of the ground. Mincemeat with grit, yum!
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Yes, I did wonder how much they’d be able to salvage 🙂
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gives texture to the meal 😉
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Let nothing go to waste… I’ll bet you can wipe with feathers….
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And the beak makes an ideal toothpick…
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Oh no, they didn’t! I don’t think I’d ever get desperate enough to kill and eat something so delicate and beautiful. At least, I hope not!
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Oh yes they did!
Me neither… one sec, bunny rabbit!… BLAM… mmm, tasty,… where was I? Oh yes,… I’d never do that 🙂
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Dear Ali,
Poor bird. I suppose it it’s a matter of dire survival…still…Air fryers are great for cooking fowl.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
I think they have herbs, spices and a blowtorch. I’m sure that counts as “air frying”!
Ali
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good luck. the bird could be carrying a virus. 🙂
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It’ll be fine after 30 minutes at 180C 🙂
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My goodness, things are getting bad – out of toilet paper already and eating sparrows. I liked the black comedy around this; topical and seriously funny.
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They seem to have forgotten they’re allowed out to buy essentials. I guess it’s more fun this way!
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Perhaps, they needed an excuse to try something different.
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That’s two of you who have eaten the poor bird!
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I bet everyone else was thinking about it. It looks so tasty 🙂
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Hah!
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Yikes, I hope lockdown doesn’t go on long enough to make us that desperate!
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Me too. I don’t own a gun, or even a bow and arrow 🙂
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I cooked pigeon this week, Yummie. Poached it with garlic and some veggies, then added rice and turned it into a risotto. Eating it now while reading this. Eating and enjoying this story doesn’t get better than this. Well penned. 🙂
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If only my protagonists had all those lovely ingredients!
I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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Aww, you shot Tweety-Pie! How could you?
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Needs must when you’re feeling a little peckish 🙂
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Oh, no, we have to share, Draliman😸Clean Pawkisses for a Happy Weekend. Stay Safe Healthy and Yourselfie🙏🐾😽💞
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Your favourite meal, Binky 🙂
You all stay safe too!
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Not much on them thar drumsticks.
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No, it is rather a small bird!
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This made me laugh, Ali, but I’m still baffled by the TP situation
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Yeah, me too. There’s even people now “stealing” TP out of people’s trolleys at the supermarket. I guess times like this bring out people’s true nature…
I’m glad you liked the story!
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A great big splat of an ending, cruel but delicious. Well done.
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Thanks, a tasty treat!
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Great minds think alike!
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Yep, though my guys weren’t as patient as your poetic protagonist!
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Found the end of your tale a bit squirmy ! bean burgher any-one ?
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These guys are all about the meat… 🙂
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Might need to bring out that slow cooker…
This story amuses me.
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Mmm, slow-cooked budgie…
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Not much on a sparrow, but fabulous with spiders legs
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Urgh, I’ve gone off it now!
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This better be fiction! 😲
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Of course it is 😉
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One sparrow for at least two people? I wonder how that’s going to go over 🙂
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Maybe they’re hoping his mate will come looking for him 🙂 Ooh, I feel sad for him now 😦
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I’m afraid to the city birds are nothing but skin and bones soon, though…. Maybe they’ll be coming for us.
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Good point – maybe we better keep our windows closed!
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