The Peacock and the Shower Curtain.

So.....you know it is going to be one of those days when you wake to find a peacock perched on the end your bed with tail feathers fully displayed and a dead gecko in its beak. It was quite brazen in its attitude and scarcely moved as I slipped out of bed to dress. Will slept on oblivious. Only when I moved forward did it shriek and flap about the Man-Cave sending things flying off the little table in front of the sofa. I grabbed the nearest thing to hand....a new shower curtain we have bought for the toilet up at Frogknot and flung it over the peacock and it immediately calmed down. I bundled the bird up in the shower curtain by which time Will had woken from his slumber and, being an experienced poultry keeper in the past, took the bird from me and wrung its neck. We are keeping the tail feathers for decoration and are having roast peacock for dinner.That is the story that I wish I could say was true but sadly it is not....the truth is....Peta arrived at 2.00 pm, sweating more than a woman should..... if she is a woman......"Can I put the fan on?""This fan is on, dear," said Dulcie pointing to the ceiling fan."Yes, but it's not on me," said Peta from where she had slumped on the sofa. She raised herself and positioned the standing fan on her and switched it on."Where are you going today?" She asked us as we headed out."Indooroopilly Shopping Centre," we said."Ooh, lovely, " she said.We got some lunch there....Vietnamese Banh mi thit rolls and wandered the mall.In K Mart we found a peacock garden ornament to keep Francine the Flamingo company. It was only $16. We also got a new shower curtain for the toilet at Frogknot as the last one that was up had been shredded by strong winds.The peacock now stands proudly in the garden by the bath pond. We have named it of course....it seemed the perfect name for a male of the species......Peta!