Parrot found the lecture on identity just too anthropomorphic.
PLATE CXXVI A Bad Hair Day
Edna was on her way to the beach but there was something wrong…
PLATE CXXV Pencilled-in
Everyone was waiting to see what the pencil would do next, but the mouse was taking no chances.
PLATE CXXIV Country Pickin’
Parrot was impressed by Cindy’s command of the instrument but found it hard to follow her maudlin lyrics.
PLATE CXXIII Florida Gastropod
Edna and her new pet from Florida — Gastropodus Gigantus — had brought Parrot some kitty niblets, but neither Kitty nor the mouse were having any of it.
PLATE CXXII The European Tourist
This sort of thing just wasn’t right in Costa Rica.
PLATE CXXI Left in the Lurch
He had thought they had been getting along fine.
PLATE CXX Natural Selection
Wallace did what had to be done to Parrot’s great relief.
PLATE CXIX Wardrobe Malfunction
It was awful what had happened to Moggy, but this was not what the passers-by would remember.
PLATE CXVIII An Italian Dream
The bombing had left Air Raid Warden Atkins unsure where he was.
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