End

Everyone sat down happily.Then two of the visitors screamed and jumped out of their chairs.

'Oh dear,now what's happened?'Mother asked.

'It's probably scorpions again,'Larry said.

The only person who was brave enough to look under the table was Theodore.'Ah!'he said.'It seems to be a large black and white bird.

Gerry,catch that bird!'Larry ordered.The soup's geting cold.

Alecko was not happy.I fought with him under the table,and when he was back in his cage I was hot and tired.

We ate and we drank.After that the visitors were too full to do anything but lie and rest in the garden.Tea was another wonderful meal,and then we all lay on the grass again and night fell.The sky was soft and black.The smell of the flowers was beautiful

The Return

In the end Mother realized that I needed some real lessons.

She decided to take us back to England.The family was not happy,but one day we said goodbye to our friends and left the villa.

When we arrived at the ship,Spiro shook our hands without speaking.Then he stood and looked at us.'Wells,goodbyes,'he said,and he started to cry.I didn't wants to cry'he said,'but you're likes my familys.'

We climbed on to the ship and started across the sea.Corfu slowly disappeared and we were all very sad.We sat silently in the train while it crossed Italy and Switzerland.Above our heads the Magenpies talked and Alecko screamed.Roger lay at our feet.

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When we left Switzerland,a man came to look at our pass- ports.He gave them back to Mother with a piece of paper.

Mother read it.'Look at this!'she said angrily.

Larry looked at the paper and laughed.On the paper,under

Description of Passengers,were the words:One travelling 200.

The train continued towards England.