A welcome back to Magnetic Island party was held aboard a yacht this week for Larry, the cussing lorikeet , the subject of many posts in this blog who has also appeared on national television . Present at the knees up was the island's Queen of the Jungle who had looked after Larry for a long time on the island when his owners were away.
While boarding with the Queen, she pampered Larry and they had interesting discussions . During that period she provided him with a whole wardrobe of triangular shaped purple nests in which to sleep at night , with which he became very fond . Larry would not allow anybody, including the Queen , touch what became known as his Purple People Eaters .
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Larry, named after Cyclone Larry in which he was injured , making him unable to fly , with a Purple People Eater .
Larry left the island and went to live at Mission Beach with his owners . They brought their yacht , with Larry , down to Magnetic island and the Queen was invited to come aboard . Not so nimble as she used to be , the Queen tottered aboard , bearing the three Purple People Eaters for him. On spotting them, Larry became excited , whistled , danced about , was not heard utter over and over a naughty word like bugger , and ran in and out of one .
Larry became so jubilant he began biting people on the ankle -perhaps a love bite, a thank you for showering him with Purple People Eaters?
Some home brew was broken out and the Queen quaffed a drop , giving it her tick of royal approval . During Larry's stay at the Queen's leafy castle he had attended many parties at which German food and wine flowed to mark a birthday , a new hip , or some other major event .
Due to her wonky joints, the Queen was helped down the gangplank to her car ... and was pulled over by police doing breath tests. Asked if she had consumed any alcohol recently , she admitted that she had been drinking home brew at a party for a lorikeet. The officer probably thought now I have heard the ultimate excuse.
With his beaut collection of Purple People Eaters tucked away in his kitbag, Larry left the island and was driven back to Mission Beach .
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