Farewelling a Friend

If you are a regular reader of my blogs – especially during what will come to be known as the ‘China Period’ – you will recognise my plucky, clucky friend, Chicky.

Chicky’s origins are shrouded in secrecy. Some say he was a government experiment gone horribly right, some say he was plucked at random from a bargain bin in a department store, some say his owner has a sieve-like memory and is really grasping at straws since he forgot long ago where Chicky came from...

Anyway, Chicky has had an exciting life (for a soft toy). He has been to Australia, the UK, China, Fiji, Hawaii, Dubai and Paeroa. He has had countless adventures such as going down the hydroslide, and being dropped.

Initially, Chicky had a sound chip in his yellow squishy body that could be used to elicit a proud crow. After too much adventuring, it now sounds like in this book I read where a demon called the main character on the telephone. There’s still a little bit of chicken sound in there, but it’s mostly kind of scratchy and garbled and evil.

After much discussion and a fortuitous gift (which we’ll get to soon), it has been decided to retire Chicky. It is a sad day but a necessary one for the advancement of the travelling soft toy species. When my wife finished up at her school, Corbin, one of her students, gifted her with a stuffed kiwi he had made his very self. Peewee the kiwi will be taking over Chicky’s travel responsibilities. He has the advantage of being quite ‘New Zealandy’ which will be useful in our roles as ambassadors for NZ, of sorts. He has no voice chip, which means he can not be used as an instrument of corruption by The Devil. He also has an actual, rememberable origin (although I will probably just make up a new one anyway, as I am wont to do.)

So thank you for your service, Chicky. The blog at www.chicketychinathechinesechicken.blogspot.com will remain a testament to all the good work you did in your travels. And long may Peewee continue your good works. Check out my new travel blog at www.peeweethekiwi.blogspot.com. This is where Cush and I will report our magnificent findings as we stumble our way through life in Japan. It'll be getting underway in August, so get your follow on!
As always, my own random thoughts will continue to be haphazardly filtered through the lens of The Itchy Barn.

Chicky   2006-2010

Introducing Peewee

Likes: Worms, Travelling to exotic places, Rap battling, The thrill of being endangered, Afternoon naps.

Dislikes: Flying, Weasels, Flying weasels, Peanuts (he has an allergy).