Rook
£25.00
A lot of lies about rooks, from the ‘Lies About Birds’ series. (Scroll down to read the text.) Illustrated with a poor photograph of a paper bird I have made out of old RSPB magazines.
A4 print, mounted (and put in a cellophane bag to prevent escapes).
(Please note that, regretfully, I don’t send work outside of the UK.)
1 in stock
Scruffy, sociable, inquisitive, noisy and untidy, a rook would not be your first choice of neighbour. They appear permanently drunk, cannot walk or fly in a straight line (unlike crows), they gossip, spread rumour, and have stuck their beaks where they were not wanted so often their faces are bald. It is ironic, then, that they choose to live together in enormous groups. They seem extraordinarily happy with the arrangement, although they do all sport large scruffy trousers to prevent neighbours lower down the tree from looking up at their underwear. You may not want to live next door to a rook, but you’d certainly want them to come to your party. Funny, intelligent, problem solving guests will entertain your aged aunt and find candles when the electricity goes off. Rooks also keep Jackdaws as pets and, let’s be honest, we’d all like to do that.
