Cage & Aviary Birds

Memories of Cockney Joe

COCKNEY Joe was a Londoner. He had an accident. He got hit on the side of his head with a concrete ball that was on the end of a crane used to demolish buildings. He had to go to bed in the afternoon because of his headaches.

Joe had a lot of birds. His aviary was in the shape of a letter N, like a wire netting staple. At the back of the aviary there was a pair of Pekin robins. Below them was a dog kennel, complete with an Alsatian

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