My Magpie Story

Back in New Zealand, my Aunty Margaret had a great old house by the beach. We spent a lot of time there and we were allowed to cut through the neighbours backyard to get to the sea a bit quicker. They had a pet magpie in a cage (weird I know but remember this was NZ in the 1970's). Percy could talk!  I can't recall what he said, but he was lovely and friendly and we spoke to him every time we passed by - all part of the 'going to Aunty Margaret's place going to Tahuna Beach' ritual. We loved old Percy. Magpies are everywhere here in Aus and they're all Percy's to me.