Chickens Can Fly MUM!!
Chickens Might Fly!
Lorraine Anderson Mum to Harry, Laura & George 7
My triplets were often in the garden that had a six-foot fence all around but it did not stop them wondering what was on the other side, the grass is always greener as they say.
They had one of the plastic Wendy houses and the boys in particular would spend many hours trying to climb onto the roof to see what was on the other side. I had not witnessed any success in this department so I had no fear of them accomplishing the act!
On one particularly fine sunny day the kids who were aged 3 at the time and were playing happily together so I put the kettle on for a well deserved tea break when the door bell rang. Mary our neighbour (from the other side of the fence) stood at the door, I invited her in asked what she had done to her head as she was supporting a huge bandage.
She asked me if I had noticed if anything was missing? Confused I asked what she meant, apparently my three little angels had managed to climb on the Wendy house roof and had proceeded to throw articles of my clean washing into her garden. She produced a bag with bras, pants, t-shirts and one of my shoes along with a frozen oven-ready chicken!
I thanked her for the return and said it was very kind of her to bring me a chicken! Oops! They had thrown that over the fence to see if a 'dead chicken can fly' but unfortunately Mary was gardening at the time and the frozen chicken had hit her on the head!
Fortunately she was ok if a little bruised and I was apologetic but so embarrassed, but she saw the funny side. I did think it was strange she moved soon after though…!