A Giclee Print Featuring a Kingfisher
An Open Edition Print Made in Our Own Studios
Reproduced on Hahnemuhle German Etching Paper. AND... the story below is all about...
The Disillusioned Kingfisher
Kevin was distraught. Ever since he'd hatched from his egg he always understood he was a Thomson's gazelle. Why he thought he was a Thomson's gazelle - he hadn't a clue. But, up until now, nothing had happened to make him believed otherwise - until...
A migrating osprey on its return journey from West Africa landed in a tree by the river. It was this globe-trotting osprey who informed Kevin he wasn't a gazelle.
Of course, Kevin realised that where he lived in Aberdeenshire wasn't exactly the Serengeti, and - now that he'd given the subject some thought - it was slightly odd that he'd never been chased by a lion. But that was something he'd always put down to his own good luck (and the fact he lived up a tree). However, to now discover he wasn't - and never had been - a gazelle was something that would take some getting used to.
Just then, in the water below, a minnow swam into sight. Kevin's target-tracking system immediately locked-on to the tiny fish, and he launched like a miniature missile towards the water.
Seconds later, he returned to his perch with the tiddler in his beak. He paused as the osprey's words once again swirled around inside his head: “You're not a gazelle...” Kevin beat the flippity-flappy fish against his perch, “...you, my colourful little friend, are what's known as - a kingfisher!”
Kevin beat the fish furiously until it stopped wriggling. A kingfisher! Well, maybe... maybe he was a kingfisher - but he could start being one of those tomorrow. Because today - he cocked an eye at his reflection in the water below - today he was still a proud and majestic Thompson's gazelle!
He flipped the minnow around in his beak and swallowed it head first.