Surrell'You must close their cage,dear.Well,I can't really be angry with them if they've drunk too much.They don't know what they're doing!
I took the Magenpies back to their cage and of course Alecko was not there either.I hoped that he was on the beach and that he planned to stay there.
The first visitors arrived.Leslie came out of the trees after a few hours of shooting and went into the house.Suddenly there was a shout.
'What's the matter with Leslie?'asked Mother.
He arrived in the garden wearing only a small towel.The visitors all looked at him.
'What's the matter,dear?'Mother asked
'Snakes!'shouted Leslie."The bath is full of snakes.
'Why don't you put some clothes on,dear...'
Great big snakes...'
I agreed that Gerry could put them there,dear.I'm sorry.
They were very sick.Mother turned to the visitors to explain.
'Really,Mother!'said Larry.
Dont you start,'said Mother.'Leslie was the one in the bath with the snakes,not you.
'Am I going to have a bath or not?'Leslie asked.
'All right,'said Mother.'Gerry,take the snakes out of the bath and put them in a pot or something!
Outside!'Leslie shouted.
Don't shout,dear,don't shout!'
When I returned to the garden,Larry was explaining everything to the visitors."There are animals in every corner of the house,'he was saying.'There are dangerous scorpions and wild magpies.There's danger at any time of the day or night...'
'Well'said Mother quickly,lunch is ready?
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