Rain

It has been raining again today so we have been mainly hiding underneath the bbq.  We are very much looking forward to getting our playhouse so that we have more space.  It has been so tight under there that Spoon has had to pretend to be a penguin when she was standing so that her bottom did not stick out from underneath the bbq.  Not quite as much as Mumble, a chicken in China.  Here's the story ...


Instead of scratching in the ground and roosting on a perch at night, Mumble waddles from side to side.  Farmer Lu Xi got the bird as a chick, reports CEN.  "He only has little wings, just like a penguin, which he sticks out when he walks.  I guess that's why he never flies," he said.


Local media at Jiangsu nicknamed the chicken Mumble after the character in the film Happy Feet, about a penguin who can't sing so dances instead.  Lu added: "I had not seen the film, but I like the name, although my bird can't dance - and I don't think he can swim either.  But he should be happy - my family all like him and so we decided to keep him instead of putting him in the pot."

We'd like to have Mumble come and live with us ... we think it would be fun!

Fried, Baked, Egg and Spoon xxx