sometimes mummy has not so clever ideas

 

mummy bought something at the op-shop today because she thought i might like it. and i do!

or rather, i did. 

we’re not sure what it is exactly but mummy thought i might like to wear it as a mask so i put it on and it fitted perfectly. and it made me look ever so funny. 

but then mummy got all excited and carried away and she had this stupid idea of hanging me upside down from the bird feeder on the deck and making me look like a bug gone crazy.  i told her that i wasn’t sure about her idea and that it sounded waaaay too dangerous but she said it would all be ok and that she wouldn’t let me fall. then she picked me up, took me upstairs and outside on to the deck. and then she dangled me from the birdfeeder. 

and then she dropped me. 

mummy says that it all happened so fast that she didn’t have time to do anything but i distinctly remember her shouting out “fly octavia fly”. 

oh bothersome aubergines! she knows i can’t fly!

i am so very very bruised and battered. 

but mummy came and rescued me and gave me a great big cuddle and she said she was sorry.  

and then we talked about what had happened and mummy promised not to do stupid things with me ever again. but then she said that it was going to be a bit of a problem because if i was going to become an ever so famous little owl i might have to do dangerous things sometimes.

this made me sad. i so very much want to be famous but i don't want to do dangerous things.

and do you know what mummy said next?  she said she was going to find me a stunt double.

ooooh! now that sounds so very very grand. i feel like the most importantest owl ever. i best there aren’t any other owls out there that have stunt doubles.

YIPPEE! i’m getting a stunt double! i’m getting a stunt double!