I thought I'd go and explore on my own. Outside there was Percy having a wander and pecking at the grass - I saw him pull up a couple of worms. I was very interested in some white butterflies that were circling the garden but as much as I chased after them and jumped up, I was always just below their flight paths.
"Have to learn you to fly properly if you're to catch them there flutterbies!" called Percy with a worm dangling from his beak. I thought the worm was going to make his bid for freedom as Percy spoke, but Percy just gulped him down in mid sentence and made a little burp. "Oops, manners!" he corrected himself.
"But I can't fly, Percy. Cats don't have wings like you."
"No need little fellow you just flap your arms like I do my wings and before you know it you're up and over the rooftops."
"No way!" I was so impressed.
"I've taught so many to fly I should be a corn millionaire if they paid me a grain a flight, laddie. Just get up somewhere high; concentrate and flap those arms. It's all about confidence. if you say 'I can fly', you will fly. trust Percy"
I climbed up the bird table and stood on the roof. I didn't feel confident. Perhaps that was the problem. I flapped my paws and then some more and then I took off. I landed splat on the grass in front of the bird table.
Percy pulled another worm from the lawn, swallowed it and took to the air. He circled over and fired a customary missile just beside me.
"One born every minute!" he squawked and flew off,
Sebastian - lazing on the swing - rose from his sleep to cackle at me.
I went off to bed nursing a sore belly from where I crash landed. I'm not going to believe anyone any more.
Here's me getting ready for take off......
