18th July 2021 5.50pm
Happy Day Noisers, you know whether it is Sunday or Monday when you are reading this, at least there is a Day in there, so Happy Day you are awesome!
I have had a coffee and writing day mainly today, so without further ado let's set off on a special wee journey.
Scarlet and her siblings
I had just left the house and was heading up the road, when a tiny movement caught the corner of my eye. I stopped and looked down, and was totally amazed. There were about 40 or so of these wee gorgeous looking caterpillars. So I opened up Google Lens and found out that they were Cinnabar caterpillars.
My curiosity was awoken so I looked up the faithful Wikipedia (Source 1) and found out that they turn into gorgeous looking read and black moths and are poisonous. However they also eat ragwort plants which are poisonous. Can you see how many they were, they were wriggling up and down the leaves and you see the plant being eaten in front of your eyes.
I asked the closest one what what his name. She said her name was Scarlet (because of the red scarlet mineral cinnabar that they are name after) and how rude of me to get her gender wrong! Well stupid me I apologised and then she wiggled her behind and said "Silly, I was only teasing you!".
So there are smart asses in the animal world I said. She then told me that her and her siblings would all be gone tomorrow, either transformed into Moths are devoured by each other if they had run out of Ragwort to eat, as they only eat that and not the other plants beside them. Oh well I hope to see you again Scarlet and said good bye.
An alternative Entrance
Carrying on up the road, I decided to enter the park using another entrance. This is the entrance where Raith Lodge is. Lo and behold, two awesome looking stone sculptures were staring at me!
I was thinking how scary they were (and also to when I had seen lions in Africa), what magnificent beasts they are.
I know we are roared the closest lion. "Wowsers" I went, "you speak".
"Of course we do, now state your reason for visiting" said the lion
"Emm well, I came here to see Sammy and Daffy" I replied a wee bit meekishly
The lion laughed and said "hihi we know you, you are Eddie Wildlife and quite a famous person round the park I can tell you, so you may enter freely".
I said that was so kind of them, and what were their names and how old were they.
The farthest away lion, said "Well I am Lionel and my brother is called Lennie. And we were made in 1893 by John Nairn (Source 2)"
"Wow you look amazing for being 128 years old! What face moisturiser do you use, I want to use it too?" I asked them.
Lennie replied "Actually we cheated, we got a facelift in 2015 (source 3) , my tail got replaced and we got painted. Now don't just stand here talking to us, go see Sammy and Daffy, and talk to Daffy, he found out some very disturbing news".
I said seeya and went to find Daffy.
What could Daffy have found out, that has disturbed him?
I headed straight to the lake, ignoring everyone and anything, did Daffy need my help? Did the doctor give him bad news? Is his time up, is he ready for the dinner plate?
My mind was racing ....
Then I saw him out on the lake.
I tried calling, but he was too far away and didn't hear me. It was interesting though, he seemed to be with another duck.
Meanwhile as I was standing there, two gorgeous looking female Mallard ducks came up to me.
"Hey Eddie" quacked the closest duck.
Well I was no longer surprised that they spoke, it seems all the animals, even the statues speak in this park!
"Hi" I replied "Do you know Daffy, I was hoping to find out what his disturbing news was"
"Oh we can tell you that. Daffy found out he was a Pomeranian duck (source 4)" said the first duck.
"okay, what is wrong with that?" I asked
The second duck quickly said "How rude of you Milly, well Eddie that is my sister Milly and I am Molly. To answer you, Daffy found out he is a Pomerarian Duck, and comes from Pomerania in Germany (source 4) , so he is really a German!"
Both Milly and Molly started quacking loudly and swimming round in circles.
"Poor Daffy, no wonder he is upset, here he thought he was Scottish and he is German after all" I replied in a shocked voice "Yes that would be a shock, so who is the duck he is with?"
"Oh some German floosy, he is upset so ignoring us now" replied Milly.
I noticed their feet paddling furiously and the pair of them going round in circles.
"We have a question, and you need to decide the answer for us" said Molly
"We both have a crush on Daffy, he really is handsome and a charmer, but which of us is prettiest and who should Daffy choose?"
"Wow I can't answer that, you need to sort that out yourself, love is always hard, especially when three are involved, no I won't answer that, you both look beautiful. Just be yourself and let Daffy do what he wants" I replied as diplomatically as I could.
"YOU COWARD" they both quacked in unison. "Anyway come back another day to speak to Daffy, but did you hear about our sister Maisie?"
I shook my head to indicate no.
"She had her six little ducklings last week and they were eaten by that horrible evil big Pike fish, she was so upset, so go and say hello to her, she is by the No Fishing sign, karma has struck" said Milly.
I said I would go see her and left them to get back to their lusty gazing at Daffy.
Sure enough I saw a female Mallard duck by the sign, so I went up to her and this is what I saw.
"Hello Eddie" said Maisie
"Aww hello Maisie I was so sorry to hear from Molly about your babies" I said
"Well look at him now, how big and brave is he now eh, karma has been served, he won't hurt us anymore, the bully got his come uppance" said Maisie tearfully.
"Yes, I see, what happened?" asked me.
"We don't know, go ask Suzy swan." said Maisie.
"Oh I will but I will do it tomorrow, it has been a long day, now I need to get back and meet Archie and Moira, they should be getting back from Paris tonight" I replied.
Thank you for reading you awesome beautiful people.
Source 1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnabar_moth
Source 3 - https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-courier-advertiser-fife-edition/20151031/281599534366795
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Haste ye back.
I could just stare at the lions there. They could afford facelifts and other surgical activities more than i can. :(