A while ago, in the throes of a bad cold and drugged up on NyQuil, I lost track of him. I secretly suspected I ate him. I guiltily treasured this last picture I had of him - carrying it in my wallet - and while not highly optimistic, I held some hope I might find him, alive and well.
Late into the nights, I printed flyers and circulars, to distribute on telephone poles, supermarkets, and places where I knew chickens tend to frequent. I even (please don't tell the Postmaster General) stuffed flyers into mailboxes while I was out walking.
Imagine my surprise when yesterday I got a call from the Chicken Roundabout Health and Rehabilitation Center saying Shake, my beloved Shake, wanted to come home! I got into the car and raced over to the rehabilitation center (don't bother me with the details about driving across the Atlantic Ocean) and was reunited with him!
It turns out, he had lost all his feathers and had gotten ghastly pale from long abuse of that dreadful, dreadful drug, NyQuil.
NyQuil, that I had not, in my head cold misery, locked up to keep safe from children. You can only imagine my dismay when I learned my feather-kid was a (hopefully reformed) drug addict. And imagine what my telling you this does to this blog's rating...
Shake's triumphant return from rehab!
He and I spent an hour doing the Rooster Strut on my front lawn to celebrate! Doesn't he look good?! I think he is a spitting image of Marmite Toasty's Cedric!
12 comments:
You have such an awesome sense of humor! I'm so glad you found Shake. It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside to know he's home!
So funny!
Wow! What a resemblance to Cedric! I'm so glad you found Shake and got him back home, relatively safely.
Hopefully he'll grow his feathers back and be much better looking.
Hahaha! You are hilarious! Where have you been hiding?!
Well I only have one thing to say....his feathers sure grew back quickly! ;
well I'm just glad you didn't eat him!!!
I howled at this!
I knew Shake would be resurrected but I had no idea how. I'm staying away from Nyquil - that's for sure.
Are you still wearing his cone underwear or did you give them back to him?
Giggling lol lmfao hahahahahaha... bloody loonie thats what you are..... fanks for making me smile.... Im totally knackered and exhausted this evening....
Cedric's tail feathers are almost back to normal... :)
x
come this labor day you should bring him to westfest and you can take him out on the dance floor when everyone does the chicken dance..he'd be a natural..
*laff* So wonderful Shake grew back some feathers. Gonna need to keep that Nyquil locked up now.
It's stories like this that earned ya that award ya know.
I'm glad you've finally been reunited with your pet. :)
LMAO you are toooooo much! Thanks for cracking me up!
What a fantastic story, i sat here busting my sides at the thought of you with all your " missing " posters.
But i am really happy that you got reunited with your " lost feather kid, :).
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