Today we were driving into town and saw a most unexpected sight: a full-grown PEACOCK standing in the middle of the road! Delighted, we pulled over and watched it strut along the side of the road. We hopped out and knocked on doors in the area to locate its owner and report its vagrant tendencies before it could become roadkill.
The owner was delighted with our concern and rewarded the children will handfuls of peacock feathers to take home. Sarah admired the iridescent colors in the sunlight. The boys appreciated the feathers a different way. They had a one-of-a-kind sword fight with feathers 4 feet long. The feathers have now joined the ranks of 'special things' on the boys' shelves, alongside the polished rocks, foreign coins, and bleached fox bones.
What a random afternoon!
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