I've forgotten where I got the image from, Patrick, I'll try to remember. Have to rush, off to a physio, after going down in the cells and the docks and the judge's seat this morning, and then to the council chamber (which it seems these days only meet 6 times a year?) and meeting the new Lord Mayor, all that the Town Hall, and all slightly strange. I discover this town's true emblem is a wyvern, that's a dragon-snake, also rather Chinese, like that wounded bird. 2008/6/12 Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>: > Dave is that a real dead bird on the front of this books -is it pressed flat > ?do the feathers fal? off -or can you in emergency take it off and cook it ? > > P puzzled > > Ps I hope that said birds were free range and fed on organic nosh > > Or is said bird pressed flat like in Chinese supermarkets > -- David Bircumshaw Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/ The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk