Jimmy the Pigeon’s Worldwide Adventures – London by Niamh Mitchell
One day, Jimmy the pigeon woke up from his forty-winks with a rather splendid idea…
“I’m going to take a trip to London to visit King Charles!” Jimmy exclaimed to his fellow pigeon family over his morning meal.
So that morning, Jimmy set of to the historical city of London for his exciting visit to the King. Flying first class (naturally) on his pigeon plane because as it stands, Jimmy is quite a lazy pigeon which isn’t very handy when your supposed to fly everywhere.
When Jimmy arrived, he took in all of London’s astounding sights. He could spy the London bridge, Hamleys the gigantic, epic 7-floored toy shop and peeking through the clouds the London eye and all its 32 pods. What a truly wonderful sight.
When Jimmy finally came across Buckingham palace (where the King lives) he noticed a window ajar. “What luck!” Jimmy thought as he glided gracefully into the room, not knowing what could be awaiting him inside. Sure, he was nervous but in that moment in time, excitement and adrenalin overcame the nerves.
When Jimmy flew in the window, he instantly spotted King Charles the 3rd eating an assortment of delicious honeys, exceptional mueslis and some dried fruit- which is his favourite thing to eat. “This must be my lucky day!” Jimmy thought excitedly.
Looking up from is scrumptious box of goodies, King Charles noticed Jimmy fluttering about. Now, King Charles is an all round animal lover and was quite pleased to see Jimmy. “Oh, what a lovely, majestic pigeon,” he exclaimed. Jimmy was overcome with joy and happiness; the King had just called him lovely! Yet through all this excitement, Jimmy’s bottom half got the better of him. Luckily, Jimmy’s little “accident” (yes, I mean poop, stop laughing children this is serious) missed the King. Unfortunately, it landed on the King’s white, historic, spotless sofa…
Suddenly, the air was alive with honeys, mueslis and fruit and in addition to that there was some naughty, naughty words came out of King Charles’ mouth. “Guards, arrest this pigeon!” shrieked King Charles. Guards grabbing from every angle, Jimmy was caught and whisked away to pigeon prison (which is a thing by the way!) where a life sentence in the choky was awaiting him.
3 weeks later…
By this point ladies, gentleman, boys, girls and whatever animal you may be, you may have thought Jimmy our dear pigeon had given up all hope and was well and truly done for (quite sad I know). Well, let me tell you, Jimmy was very much alive and kicking, coming up with a plan to escape the awful dungeons. It so happens that there was another fellow pigeon in pigeon prison trying to escape, and his name was Stewart. So, Jimmy and his new friend Stewart did Pigeon Karate on the guards (which is also a thing!) and they zoomed out the door, far away from London.
“Bye bye London!” Jimmy exclaimed.
The end