Posted by Basil on September 24, 1999 at 19:40:04:
{Well, here sits me and my Person, Polly Anna, on the front porch for a bit of air this evening, and it's pleasant out here, if I do say so, myself, and I do. Polly Anna's rockin' and knittin' over there, and the first whipperwill of the evenin' is callin'...yep, The Parrotmaster of Life can be good! But, wait...what's that I see out there in the gatherin' shadows...that silly GnomeDome racing along, and...holy moly!...he's bein' chased by a...a...
"SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!! Intruder alert! Intruder alert!! Gnome in trouble! Hurry, hurry! Gnome in trouble! Get the gun! Get a net! Painterpainterpainterpainter!! BIG Painter chasing little gnome! SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH! Squ'ark-squ'ark!!"
{Oh, for goodness sake. Polly Anna throws her hands up in the air and her knittin' down on the floor and runs for cover! Guess I'll have to handle this one myself, in spite of all the trouble that gnome has caused me...plannin' recipes for green chicken soup and spreadin' malicious stories about my relationship with my new Person, an' all! He's a real pest, but I can't let him get ET!}
*flap-flap, whirr-whirr, zip, zooooooooooooooom, flap-flap*
{I'll just fly up high-like to a pretty good altitude, and then I'll put the old dive-bomber ploy into action!}
*ZZZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM*
"SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH! Take THAT, you ol' wildcat! Here's a dive at your head, and another swoop at your tail, and a big old bite on your ear!"
{hehe...lookit at him run! Headin' the other way now, ain't he? I think I may have finished off the ear that old hound Hector missed! I'll just sail on back to my perch now. And GnomeDome will live to pester me another day, I guess.}
"Squ'ark! All clear here. All clear here. Squ'ark. Basil's such a good bird. Good, good Basil! Squ'ark!"
{My work here is done.}