Suddenly there was a raucous screeching and a wind beating flourish of wings as several of the local seagull gang noticed the party and dived in to gate crash. The air was filled with grey and white feathers and with their open wings the seabirds looked hugely intimidating.<img class="img-responsive" src="https://api.novelo.com/uploads/GN_32_17_a93612646d.jpg">Captain Bullpuss readjusted his eye-patch (he didn't really need one, having excellent eye-sight). "Miaouch! You wouldn't peck an old seacat's good eye out would you?" he asked the nearest yellow billed antagonist, who was much smaller and slimmer than the usual gulls. The Little Tern was mostly feathered in white with a black cap and grey touches to the ends of its wings. Captain Bullpuss, that wily old seafarer, recognised it as such and offered it a small glass of sherry, since he never liked to leave a tern unstoned.<img class="img-responsive" src="https://api.novelo.com/uploads/GN_32_18_90eb1d8953.jpg">The seabird group quickly gobbled up every last trace of the snacks and as they departed, Tom crept out from behind the cats and sniffed, "well at least it saves on the washing up," as he and Oliver took their two empty saucers back to the restaurant's kitchen door.<img class="img-responsive" src="https://api.novelo.com/uploads/GN_32_19_86b9debd62.jpg">The two little hedgehogs declined an invitation to the Black Pussy Cat Cafe. "We've hidden away a small bag of comestibles and must take them back to our families. We live in some splendid wild gardens just near the small river Lym, the one with the incredibly long ford, which saves you getting your feet too wet."

Chapter 1 - Benson starts his story

Chapter 2 - the evening stroll

Chapter 3 - seaside herring gulls

Chapter 4 - the hedgehog takeaway

Chapter 5 - talk like a pirate

Chapter 6 - more greedy seagulls

Chapter 6 a - heading to the jazz club

Chapter 7 - the performance

End Piece

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The Kit from Red Bank

The Kit from Red Bank

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