Watercolour on paper
Signed on the front.
‘ “…but then we couldn’t return to the nest, given the miners have claimed the tree. So here we’ve flown.”
The Gentleman Kookaburra eavesdropped on the chatter of the starlings below.
“I do hope my dear Roger is okay. I’ve not yet seen him since we fled”.
This touched the Gentleman Kookaburra’s heart and pooled in him anguish that erupted in a laugh! The starlings looked up, one dismayed, one annoyed.
‘I should explain that laughing is all I can do…’ he thought as his laughter echoed through the trees.’