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She composed a text message to Charles ... PLS feed kiwi 2DAY - I 4got! Tks CU L8R - ronnie ... She had only just sent it when, almost straight away, she received one on her own phone. It read ... I mobo SPK 2U ronnie - W8 4 me CU soon.
Far out, she thought. I’m never going to get used to this bird. She lay down in the dappled shade of the teatree and waited. It must have been about twenty minutes before he turned up. As usual, she heard his voice before she saw him.
‘We receive you - Ronnie - to whom do you write?’ he asked from a branch just above her head.
‘And when did you learn to spell - in English? When we first met, you didn’t even know what a letter or number was. I was texting my brother.’
‘I recall - a noisy young cock!’
‘That’s about right,’ she laughed, ‘but the reading and the writing?’
‘We view A.B.C. For Kids and subtitles for hearing impaired - I now study stock-exchange and decipher e-mails.’
‘Wow!’ was all she could think to say, but she was a bit disturbed. If Mobo started playing with complex, high-tech business, what could go wrong? Had she ... by supporting and working with him, created a monster?
Mobo fluttered down to her foot and hopped gamely right up her leg and arm. He’s so brave - and so tiny - I could squash him with one hand. How many humans would respect his rights?