PETER PIGEON & HIS BEAUTIFUL MALAY FRIEND.

Good afternoon Dear Reader.

Oh dear.. What a very sad and sombre week it has been.

Last Sunday SHE went to collect Goaty milk from Debbie, aka Ellie of Ellie's Dairy, at Parson's Green Farmer's Market. They both got very 'wet-eyed' at the thought of little Hugo who had died very early that morning, then Debbie had more sad news, David had rung her to say that Hugo's brother had died whilst she was driving to the market. This meant that out of the three kids only their little sister was still alive.. oh dear.

Hugo was exactly four weeks old when he died, it IS strange how some animals and people slowly wiggle their way into your heart, but NOT Hugo, with his short little legs, he jumped straight into Debbie's and HER hearts, as if he knew he was only going to be 'here' for a very sort time and he wasn't going to waste a minute!

Another 'person' who jumped straight into HER heart was Peter Pigeon.

If YOU have read all MY previous posts, Then YOU will know how SHE found him and the fact he never flew, this Tale happened in 1995 when Peter Pigeon was five years old.

SHE, as you know, was born in Malaya (as it was then called) and Jean, HER God Mother, gave HER a doll when SHE was three years old, doll was called Janni. Now Janni was a very unusual doll in the fact that she had dark skin and real black hair.

Fast forward to 1995 and SHE had read somewhere about old dolls being very valuable, especially if they were unusual. So SHE took Janni out of the cupboard and placed her on the floor in the hallway with the idea of taking Janni to be valued at a near-by Auction House.

SHE was busy in the kitchen when SHE heard an extraordinary amount of noise coming from the hallway and looking out of the door, SHE saw the enchanting sight of Peter Pigeon with both wings spread low and very wide, doing a courtship dance in front of HER doll! He was cooing and snorting and doing all the correct movements that grown-up male Pigeons do to attract their mates.

SHE came out of the kitchen and bending down SHE picked Janni up and walked into the sitting room and sat on the sofa. Peter Pigeon followed at high speed and jumped up beside HER. He put his little head on one side and spoke in a low rumbling coo, then lay down and put his head on Janni's lap, his bright shiny boot button eyes were fixed onto her face and he continued to speak, the coo was very low and came from deeeep inside his little body, it rumbled and tumbled out of HER little fat grey London Pigeon. Peter Pigeon had fallen in LURVE.

For the next two years, if SHE wanted Peter to stay somewhere, all SHE had to do was put Janni on her bed on a towel, up would come Peter, he would lie beside her with his little head on her leg, fix her with his beady eyes and start his talk of lurve.. they were inseparable, if Janni was somewhere, that was where Peter Pigeon was.

And not once did Peter Pigeon comment that Janni was missing half her eyelashes or that she always wore the same skirt and had only one shoe, he LURVED her and that was quite enough for this little fat grey London Pigeon.

Janni never did go to the Auction House. Happy Easter to YOU all.

GeeGee Parrot.
April 8th, 2012.