It has been a long standing tradition at the Woodpile to host the “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” extravaganza for returning birds on their way north. The event was in danger of being cancelled due to most of the Woodpile gang being stuck on Paradise Island. This breakfast part got its name many years from the lady ‘munk who used to run it. She was huge fan of the romantic comedy film “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”.
At the last moment, Mrs. Blue Jay offered to organize the event and the Woodpile’s lone chipmunk, Freddy was volunteered to be the host. Freddy washed ashore a few weeks after his rental sailboat was blown off course in a monsoon. With no one to raise any objections, they raided the gourmet seeds stored in the Woodpile’s vaults. This was going to be a party to be remembered for generations to come!
Mrs. Jay was very particular about how the food should be laid out.
This first guest who arrived was rather skeptical. He was a multiple millionaire seed business executive who had made his fortunate selling overpriced bird seed to gullible humans. The idea of a “free” breakfast sent him into a tailspin.
The wide variety of seeds was a big hit.
Freddy had never hosted an event in his life. He had no idea what he was suppose to do. Mrs. Jay suggested he make “small talk” with the guests. Freddy started talking about his favor topic, sunflower seeds. That may have been a poor choice.
Gary the Cowbird got into a heated debate with Freddy over which was tastier sunflower seeds or white millet. The debate went back and forth as each made his case and it seems like it would never end. Someone wisely suggested, they take a straw poll amongst the guests to decide who was right.
According to the poll, the tastiest food was cracked corn! Gary and Freddy discovered they could agree upon one thing: the straw poll was obviously rigged. What critter in their right mind would think corn was tasty.
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