Wild Pigeon Chase !

It was two o'clock and the last of the company staff on their staggered lunch breaks had returned to work, though there were still plenty of members of the general public loitering over their snacks and drinks from the farmer's market. "Surely that's enough ?" Debbi called over to Diane. "I need to pee !" Diane was content with another successful stunt and inclined to untie Debbi at this point but as she approached the scarecrow figure she was intercepted once more by the history teacher, who she had been amused to see taking photos of Debbi from various angles to no doubt use in his presentation at the local school.

"Just one more thing" he began. "I can't help but notice that your otherwise delightful scarecrow here does not seem to actually be very good at scaring away the birds." He indicated the swarm of mangy pigeons scrabbling in the dirt for any crumbs that had fallen from the various tables. Remembering her previous conversation with him, Diane retorted that Debbi was probably not as smelly as a medieval serf and so less effective at intimidating the birds. "When that happened in the olden times, the daughter playing the scarecrow would be untied and told to go running around chasing the birds and yelling to scare them off" she improvised.

"I see. I can see that you've researched all this very thoroughly" the teacher praised Diane. "However, if that question has occurred to me, I feel certain that it will occur to my classes next term. Do you think your scarecrow could demonstrate that technique here for us now, so that I can film it to show to my students ?" he wondered. "Of course" Diane agreed. "We were just about to untie her from the post anyway."

Debbi was close enough to have overheard this conversation. "You have got to be joking ?" she exclaimed to Diane as she was being untied. "Now, now Debbi. You know the management's views on participating in the community. All you've got to do is run around and scare away those scavengers and then you can go and get dressed."

"Our scarecrow is just going to demonstrate one final technique to clear away these pigeons" Diane called over to the remnants of the lunchtime party that remained and whose interest was immediately perked. Sod it, let's get it over with, Debbi thought as she shook the stiffness out of her limbs. She launched herself in a run at the nearest flock of birds, waving her arms and crying out, "Woo, woo !" She could hear the laughter as she almost disappeared beneath a flurry of whirling feathers. But these were hardened street wise birds and they only retreated ten yards away before resettling and resuming their grazing. "That wasn't so great was it Deb ? Try again" Diane chuckled.

In the end, the crowd of customers and stall holders were entertained to five minutes of the naked Debbi rushing around trying to scare the birds before she finally succeeded in chasing them up onto the canopy overhanging reception, from where the pigeons looked down on her disdainfully ! She didn't bother waiting for Diane's permission before stalking off across the lobby to the lift and the sanctuary of her office !