Synopsis
Simon Drew tells us that most "people are unaware of some of the extraordinary properties possessed by birds. This group of the animal kingdom is such a strange collection of beasts that they could never have been invented by any human being."
One human being, Simon Drew, sees them in a different light from most people. He perceives the way that birds have entered our thoughts and our language and he uses both his expert ability as an artist and his superbly inventive humour verse to show them to us in a way that we would never have seen them for ourselves. This topsy-turvy juxtaposition of words and birds is destined to be just as popular as his highly successful 'Book of Bestial Nonsense' which met with such a rapturous reception.
"a flightless bird called Faith
began to carry boulders:
for years she took these weights
strapped between her shoulders;
and as you might expect
the sweat poured like a fountain,
but only time will tell
if Faith can move a mountain."
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