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The birds have been hard at work cracking snails on my roof this morning, and while I’m awake and working anyway it’s in its 3rd hour and beginning to get a little annoying.

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Sooner or later they will run out of snails. Have hope.

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I think you’ve solved the mystery of the noises I’ve been hearing on the roof! Couldn’t work out how the birds were making so much noise with their soft little feet

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I find they get right into it on sunny mornings, lots of tap tap tapping.

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“Stand by the grey stone when the thrush knocks, and the setting sun with the last light of Durin’s Day will shine upon the key-hole.” 😨😨😨

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Oh shit, shit’s about to get real.

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Be careful because they may have read the story of Aeschylus, an ancient greek playwright who was killed by a falling turtle that had been dropped by an Eagle who had confused Aeschylus’s shiny, bald head for a rock. This is apparently a true historical account and golden eagles in greece do kill turtles by dropping them onto rocks.

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Not even a little embarrassed to say I only know this story because I saw it on Horrible Histories.

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Never be embarrassed about the source of knowledge as long as the information is trustworthy.

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Horrible Histories is a legendary show, very popular in my house. Some of the songs are classics! I especially like this one about Dick Turpin.

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