The Triumphant Return of Colin
COLIN THE PARROT WENT MISSING, was presumed deceased in fact, for a whole week last month. That's it for Colin, thought Arksey family owners gloomily, as Colin failed to show up after much searching and hullabaloo. And doubtless this would have been the case for a less able bird and were it not for eagle-eyed local electrician Ralph Waters, who clocked him at work in the lush orchards of Reach. The resourceful Colin was picking apples at the time, nibbling through the stem, and then swooping down to eat the flesh when they dropped. Ralph rather thought he'd seen those feathered features somewhere before, and news swiftly reached the Arksey's. One fruitily-baited dog-cage later, and Colin was home again: chauffeurdriven of course: the dog cage needed a very big car!