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The Secret

All was quiet in the hen house. Much too quiet, thought Rooster Rex as he surveyed the scene from his perch on top of the chicken coop. The hens were all busy laying eggs, looking after their newly-hatched chicks or gossiping and it was all just sooooo boring! Just as he was wondering how to liven things up a bit, he noticed his old mate, Wally, the white cockatoo on top of the wood heap near the big shed. Rex decided to join him.

‘What are you doing?’

‘Keeping a look-out’.

‘What are you looking-out for?’

‘Just keeping watch.’

‘Why?’

‘That’s what cockatoos do.’

‘Oh.’

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