The Revenge of the Shellycoat

The tale the seagull told

A flock of sparrows had flown quite far out of the city. They landed on the branch of a casuarina tree at the edge of a sandy beach to rest their tired wings. They were close to the sea shore, and were quite excited that they could see the sea.

“I’ve never seen the sea in my whole life,” exclaimed one young sparrow who had only recently shed his fledglin…