Serious Face

Swaying in a nonchalant manner which quite belied his intentions, Godfrey Goldfinch, overlooking the brasserie here was carefully officiating the proceedings. It was a tough job. The greenfinches, blue tits, great tits and chaffinches along with the pesky robins were far too eager to gobble up the entire larder leaving nothing for the seven members of his family. He'd noticed yesterday a couple of bullfinches sneaking in under the wire too. Now that wasn't going to happen again if he could help it.

At the moment ..... it was all under control but for how long?