Unmasked

13 November 2015

Hildegard has been the recipient of numerous excited and lengthy monologues delivered regularly by Chocolate Bunny. In order to escape she has used the excuse that she has to go and moult on so many occasions she felt she needed, for the sake of authenticity, to follow through. This has resulted in the loss of her pom-pom coif, allowing her to enjoy a whole new, unimpeded view of the world, brought direct to her eyes in glorious, unobstructed technicolour.

                         

There has, however, been a downside to her feather-deficient state. The spotty chickens had, to date, been under the impression that Hildegard was a random floating piece of black fairy floss, and largely ignored her. Having been revealed as something resembling a chicken, Milky Way and Etoile Filante have reneged slightly on their chicken commune values, taking on more of an Animal Farm view that “All chickens are equal but some chickens are more equal than others”… to Hildegard’s detriment as the subject of well-aimed pecks. Being familiar with Orwell’s writing, Hildegard is well aware that it was not all smooth sailing for many of the Animal Farm inhabitants – and is hoping that her feathery disguise doesn’t take too long to return.