Cold Winter

Cold winter It was the coldest winter anyone had experienced. Birds fell from the sky frozen and oven ready. He opened all windows let the coal- fire roar, birds came sat on his roof; so many birds the roof collapsed the coal fire overheated, the iron melted the house burnt down; his wife demanded a divorce. He said to his solicitor: you do your best to save the planet, its fauna and this are what you get! He had taken sacks of coal at the depot for this bagatelle. he was fired and reported, two years prison, which when you think about it a bit harsh after all he had tried to save the birds at a time when homeless people froze to death