Birdle

Birdle
Originally uploaded by devastationstudios.

This bird is similar to the Galapagos tortoise, particularly since it is calm; it lives for hundreds of years, and moves very slowly. However, unlike the Galapagos tortoise, this creature's shell is far too small to be of any protection; it has a significant amount of brown hair, and obviously has a beak.

That said, this bird creature talks. It speaks English, and tells great stories, thanks to its age. Children gather around frequently to hear its stories. It was a general in World War 1, and commanded American troops in their invasion of the underwater kingdom of Atlantis. They fought only with their teeth. It's a little known fact that WW1 was a biting war, and all the deaths were caused by biting frenzies. To avoid confusion, I want to put to rest right now the notion that this is cannibalism, as it's not. More like when a cat bites a human. Obviously the cat can't eat the person, it is an attack.

In any case, he won the battle, and took over Atlantis, becoming its emperor. He forced the citizens to build him a huge castle with lasers as missile defense. They cooked him huge meals that he wasted, eating about 5% and throwing the rest to his pet aqua-dogs. Unfortunately, they had scuba suits so they were unable to eat and died.

I don't know what happened from this point until today, and neither does he as his memory is mostly gone. He spends most of his time in old folks home, either sleeping, eating, having fits, or entertaining children