Tawney L. BallyHare
"Well chaps, one day I was traveling
through the north lands. Beautiful land,
but blinkin' cold! Anyway, I come across
this flippin' tall tree. Actually I
should'nt say I came across it, since I'd
spotted it when I'd been miles away. This
tree was taller'n any tree I'd seen before,
and I says to meh'self "Tawney, that looks
like a jolly well good spot to climb up and
have a look around, see if I can spot any
berry bushes, apple trees, that sort of
thing. So I climb the first branch, and
and the second, and third. I see miles and
miles of land and mountians. I see far off
rock faces with thin white mist passing
them. Well, about this time I'm bally high
up in this flippin' tree, so I decide I'll
have a look downwards. Well I just about
fall offa that branch, meh footpaws become
unsteady, so I cling to the trunk as best I
could. I take one more look around just to
see if I can spot any vegitation, ya' know
a hare has got to eat once and a while.
I'm just about to climb down when one of
those jolly big northland birds lands on my
branch. He says to me "Ach! Whet are ya
dooin' en mah' tree?"
Now the bird's eyes glint and he clacks
his beak. I decide I'd said the wrong
thing, but I figure it's too late to act
friendly, I might as well bally die with
some kinda' fight.
Northlands
I can't help but notice his sharp beak, and
he taps those talons on the branch. I
decide to answer very blinkin' carefully;
"I say sah! Wot do you think you're doin'
in my tree eh? Get those blinkin' claws a'
yours offa my branch! Bad form sah! I say,
bad call wot wot!"
So I un-cling meh self from the tree and
stand on the branch, balancing-like, and I
say "Don't you snap at me beak-face! I say
meh old chap, back off wot! I'm just
havin' a bally look around if ya' don't
mind eh?
Now I'm prepared for a certian death, but
I just eye that bird and I don't let meh
self show fear.
The bird opens his beak...and wot does 'e
do? He starts laughing! So I scowl at 'im
indignantly and ask 'ih wot is so funny.
He says "Ah yoore a ri'te fierce lit'le
beastie. Nah, Ah doon't meind ef yeh climb
mah tree then."
I say I say, wot a jolly good relief that
was. So I thank the bird and climb down.
And I find mehself a flippin' apple tree. I
gathered some apples and I start headin'
south and I could still hear that blinkin'
bird laughin' from somewhere up in that
tree. I say, That may be one of the last
times I go to the northlands, heh, chaps
are too blinkin' territorial with their
flippin' trees wot wot!