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Christel's Diary

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15 March 2012

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I learnt yesterday that England is coping with a drought which is predicted to become more severe during the summer and autumn.

The weather is crazy... we had the wettest winter that anyone can recall. Spring showers and storms are adding to the water level.

Winter is over... many birds have arrived. I have been watching and listening to them carefully hoping I would hear or see our bird.

Zakaria has opened the cage last week on the balcony. I was watching the news while he was out in the sun playing. It suddenly went very quiet over there so I checked and found Zakaria with a guilty expression on his face, but I did not see immediately what happened, so went back inside.

About an hour later I discovered the empty bird cage while Zakaria was watching cartoons.

I called out : ; 'What happened to the bird'. Zakaria rushed out and said : 'It doesn't matter. We will buy another one. The bird has flown to Africa.'

Until today he pretends that the bird opened the cage itself and when we are in the garden he calls out for it to come and join us.

I do not believe the bird has survived that long without its usual feed and the numerous cats looking for prey all around the place.

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