once upon a time, about twenty years ago in fact, i took my youngest daughter (catter bugface) who was about two at the time, to Hyde park in the centre of sydney - to feed the pigeons.we sat on the carved stone edge of the fountain throwing them bits of bread.The pigeons came closer and closer and finally sat all over me, and came around me, while bugface & I kept feeding them little crumbs of bread.

i still remember the look on her face -i looked like a big sculpture made of pigeons, they were all over me, including on my shoulders n head.