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He stood just watching them, with his ears shaking with rage. Two of them, yes two, just outside his door eating bird seed. It was bad enough having the pigeons but this was too much. He suddenly let out a load of wild barking and punched the door. To his delight they ran off through the square holes in the trellis. He then ran outside sniffing where they’d been, and examining the trellis they’d escaped through.
Apologies for the dirty window - this is how it gets dirty..!