7 January 2014
Radish-the-Resident-Chicken
is keen to share the story of her near death experience with anyone who will
listen. Venturing too close to Will-O’-the-Wisp, in an attempt to snaffle up
stray horse pellets at feed time, her foot became trapped under one of his
rather large, and very heavy, feet. Willo remained blissfully unaware of her
predicament, ignoring the squawks emanating from the ground below, and
continued to munch on oblivious. It took the intervention of a human member of
the Joyfallee clan to convince Willo that the world would be a much quieter place
if he would just move his foot. Radish tells a rather different version at the
end of the tale, describing how, single footedly, she took on the might of
Will-O’-the-Wisp and won, by dint of unflinching valour combined with well
aimed razor-sharp pecks, forcing her captor to retreat. Thankfully her only
injury is a bruised toe, which she puts down to her strict fitness regime and
diet, maintained in readiness for the defence of Joyfallee….although she is
re-thinking the horse pellet component of her diet.
