Cooee!
That will be Margaret, says Gaius.
He speeds up.
Terence is behind him, with Prawny.
Cooee! They hear it again.
You're meant to answer, says Terence.
I'd rather not, says Gaius. She must be nearby.
I could send my parrot, says Terence.
Me? says Prawny.
If you could fly, says Terence.
What would I do if I could? asks Prawny.
You'd fly up and spy Margaret, says Terence. Then you'd fly down and tell us.
Tell you what? asks Prawny.
Where she was, says Terence.
Cooee! They hear it again.
That cooee seemed to be coming from a different direction, says Gaius.
Stop, says Prawny, Throw me up and maybe I'll spy her.
Can I? asks Terence.
May as well try, says Gaius.
Terence throws Prawny into the air.
Prawny wasn't ready.
He falls to earth beside Terence.
See her? asks Terence.
I wasn't ready, says Prawny. Throw me again.
Ready? asks Terence.
Throw me so I'm already facing in the right direction, says Prawny.
That's too hard, says Terence. We don't know the right direction.
Give Prawny to me, says Gaius. I'll do it.
He throws Prawny, in such a way that he hopes Prawny is facing in the right direction.
A hiker comes up behind them,
Hello, says the hiker. Ow! What was that?
She bends down and picks up Prawny.
We don't encourage littering at Mawson Ponds, says the hiker.
It's my parrot, says Terence.
Our prawn, says Gaius. It was up aloft, briefly, looking for our colleague.
The hiker looks unconvinced.
To her it's a headless prawn with two baby bird feathers.
She has not spotted the eye or the mouth hole.
So when Prawny says: Guess what? I saw her! I saw Margaret! she is astonished.
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