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alone, so I pretended to be ill and the lady put me in here. My name is Minnie.’
‘Hello Minnie, I’m Sadie and I live in the conifers with my family. I’m sorry I haven’t spoken before, but Adeline appears to speak for all of you. Do you like living here?’
The bird shook her head. ‘I know it’s your home and the garden is lovely, but my friends and I miss our old orchard.
We miss our families and they’ll be wondering what has happened to us.’ She went on to tell Sadie the dreadful story of how they had been captured and sold at a market. They so wanted to get away from Adeline.
‘I think my husband has already met her,’ Sadie said. ‘She tried to introduce herself, but my Alfie was miffed at