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That meant; Do not disturb, I am in here working! It was fine with Saffron. She had no wish for any member of her household to discover her little feathered friend - but there was one member of her household that Saffron had completely forgotten about!
With a flurry of wings Mobo left her shoulder and circumnavigated the lounge and kitchen. He swooped around the T.V. set - fluttered in front of the stereo - then landed on top of the telephone/fax.
‘Is this telephone? - for what are these?’ he said, jumping up and down on the push buttons.
She came closer and replied, ‘You push them and they send a signal - I suppose each one sends a different signal - every phone number has its own particular combination and you push them one after the other.’
‘Yes, yes the signal I know, but why these black worms on top?’
‘What do you ...? Oh I know what you mean. They’re numbers written down - symbols of numbers - so we know which one to press. There are little letters too - you can use
them for texting - to write words and send them.’