THE DANCING PIGEON.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 261, 4 November 1933, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE DANCING PIGEON.

Folkes Street. New Lynu. Dear Wendy, Most certainly animals .are capable* of musical appreciation. How do I know? Well, consider the following examples. It was rather a windy day, and bitterly cold, so, to get warmed up a bit, I put on a record, and my sister and I started dancing. We were halfway through, when we noticed a large pink and grey pigeon seated on the window sill. He seemed quite friendly, so Elinor laughingly suggested, "Music hath its charms," and told mo to put the record on again. I did so\ and in a corner of the room we stood and watched eagerly. Our feathered visitor strutted up and down for a few minutes, and then, believe it, or believe it not, he spasmodically beat time with a nervous claw and his head fairly wagged from side to side with evident joy. Wc entertained him royally. He seemed very partial to band music, hut when we "closed down" he lost interest and flew away, and we have not seen it since.

A, delicious, funny animal was the next music lover. 113 was quite quiet until the wireless was going, when he would rub a silky head against one's leg in a kind of ecstasy, purring loudly all the time. When we tuped out, he would walk over to the set and back again, until we tuned in. • It seemed to give him a sort of "pussy" pleasure. So far "Peter Pan" scores, but I knew a dog who would howl mdtirnfully at any music, so points are even. Yours sincerely, Joan Pain. ,