Misidentification Of Birds

Gaius is packed and ready for Kuitpo.

He makes one last call to the office, in case Arthur is there.

Hello? says Gaius. Hello? Is that you Arthur?

It's me, says Belle et Bonne. Is that you, Gaius? Because if it is....

Is Arthur there? says Gaius.

No he isn't, says Belle, but there's a dead bird under the table. Do you know anything about it?

No, says Gaius. What kind of bird is it?

I don't know, an owl or something, says Belle. I don't like to touch it. Would you like to come in and identify it?

I would, says Gaius. But I've just remembered. It's Terence's birdie from Cleland. It died. Kong Fu-Zi kicked it under the table.

Who? says Belle. Who's Kong Fu-Zi? And......

(berrrrrrrrrr)

The call is cut off.

......

Ready? says Gaius.

Absolutely, says Kong Fu-Zi.

You don't seem to have packed anything, says Gaius. Rice? Water? Birdbook?

I thought you had those, says Kong Fu-Zi.

Not rice, says Gaius. And surely you'll want your own bird book?

What for? says Kong Fu-Zi. It's just extra weight.

They have spaces in the back for notes, explains Gaius. Mine will have my notes. Yours, if you had one, would have yours.

It's now too late to obtain one, says Kong Fu-Zi. Unless....... wait a minute!

He goes to the book case.

Aha! Shore Birds of Australia. A slim volume. With spaces for notes in the back.

He had picked it up at Ozasia, and kept it.

Got one, says Kong Fu-Zi.

Good, says Gaius. Let's go.

.....

They cycle up Greenhill Road.

Gaius in front, looking normal in shorts and a helmet.

Kong Fu-Zi behind, in pointed hat and billowing clothes.

The birds in the treetops look down from the treetops.

From there they spot humans on bikes.

There's one, says a magpie.

That's Gaius, says a magpie.

Oh yes, says a magpie. Let him go by.

(while magpies differentiate humans, they do not distinguish themselves, and each one is known as a magpie)

What about that one? says a magpie.

What one? says a magpie.

( ditto adjectival determiners)

See there where I'm pointing, says a magpie.

( of course they are able to point)

It must be a terrorist! says a magpie.

Thus Kong Fu-Zi is misidentified by magpies, due to his billowing clothes.