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    The Adventures of Henri and Charlie
    The Adventures of Henri and Charlie
    The Adventures of Henri and Charlie
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    The Adventures of Henri and Charlie

    By Terry Aspinall

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    This short story tells of how two pet birds, a Peach Face Parrot and a Yellow Canary escape from their cages and owners, and go on a wild journey to discover what awaits them in the wild.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTerry Aspinall
    Release dateAug 19, 2012
    ISBN9781476266947
    The Adventures of Henri and Charlie
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    Terry Aspinall

    I was born during the Second World War while my father was chasing Rommel out of North Africa and Italy, for this reason I never saw him until late 1946. I grew up in the sleepy little Suffolk country side town of Stowmarket, and underwent an education that to me seemed an absolute waste of time. Although with that wonderful tool known as hindsight, my reading and writing skills would have served me well in the writing of this book. I should have taken the trouble and given the teachers my full undivided attention and not the girls sitting next to me, while behind me was always the wall. Yes I was a back of class type of guy who was always getting into trouble and talking during class. Upon leaving school I became what was known as a Teddy boy and hung around with the Ipswich town local gangs. Once the novelty began to wear off, and I realised that if I carried on along the path I had chosen, it would only lead me into trouble with the law, so I decided on a complete life style change and joined the Royal Marines. My growing up during this period of time can certainly be attributed to my Royal Marine training, something that is still part of my life to this day. I tell of my service years and of being on active service in Borneo. Upon my release I became very interested and involved in the Rock n Roll music of the day, and helped form a local band in the town of Leiston in Suffolk. I also became involved in the then new sport of hang gliding. Which later lead me to strapping an engine on to my glider, and being amongst the first in the UK to pioneer the sport of Microlighting, and to set a record that still stands to this day. Eventually while working for Bernard Matthews I upped my family and immigrated to New Zealand, to help build a new factory in a small county town of Waipukurau on the North Island. Where I experienced a complete new style of living that my family and I all enjoyed, and took to it like ducks to water. It was a taste of what was to come when after three years I once again up rooted my family and move over the ditch as they say to Australia, but that’s another story?

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      The Adventures of Henri and Charlie - Terry Aspinall

      Henri and Charlie

      © Copyright 2012 by Terry Aspin all

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means – electronic, mechanical, photographic (photocopying) recording, or otherwise – without prior permission in writing from the author.

      ISBN : 9781476266947

      Published by Terry Aspinall Smashwords Edition

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      Dedication

      I wrote this short story over 20 years ago with my future grandchildren in mind. Now in 2012 they are of a reading age, but times have changed to such an extent that children are all playing with Ipads, Iphones and other types of gadgets at such a young age that books are the last thing they want as a present. However, I still dedicate this book to all of them both here in Australia and in the UK..

      Contents

      Introduction

      Dedication

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Chapter 11

      Other Books by this Author

      Introduction

      I have always been a keen animal lover. And over the years have had an array of pets to keep me company. When I wrote this story I had a green Peach Face Parrot that I called Henri. He was very tame and went everywhere with me. Around the same time I also acquired a young Canary that I named Charlie, and he sang a beautiful song almost all day. Both were well loved by my family, but to me they were that little bit extra special, that I decide to write a short children's story about them for my future grand children.

      Chapter1

      Henri was a very well groomed green Peach Face Parrot, living in a large cage that was hanging alongside his friend Charlie the yellow Canary. Both cages hung under a pergola, so they were under cover from the weather, but outside so they could hear, see and enjoy all the wild birds that passed over or around the garden.

      Henri had been bought from the local pet shop at Paddy’s market alongside the Brisbane River, and was enjoying a life of luxury being treated with kindness and tamed by his new owners Terry and Emily. He had learnt to respond to his name when called and would sit on Terry's shoulder at every opportunity. He would spend most evenings nestling into the side of his neck and ear, while he watched the television.

      The back garden

      However, he was not so friendly with Emily and would only go to her on the few occasions when Terry was out of the house during the evening when he played in a Rock n Roll band. He knew she was friendly and that he could trust her, but was still a little wary of her.

      Charlie was a little nervous Canary not wanting to go to anybody who approached

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