Chapter III Extract, The Ironwood Staff

On my Subscribestar page is an extract from Chapter 3 of The Ironwood Staff. This is a subscriber-only post. It includes something I always thought would be pretty cool, a domesticated lourie, or turaco. These particular ones are native to forests and woodlands in summer-rainfall regions, and are a lot less colourful than the ones found in the temperate rainforests on the south coast of South Africa. They're called 'Go-Away Birds' because of their distinctive nasal call, which sounds a bit like 'Go 'way!' in English.