26 Unicorn Street [Friday afternoon]

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It was Friday afternoon, and on Friday afternoons, Al knocked off a little early from work to go home and work in his garden, to mow the lawn in his cardigan and tie, and to smile and wave at the children as they rode past on their bicycles (and made sure they stayed off of his grass).

But today was different. First he had difficulty getting the lawnmower to start, and then there were birds everywhere. They were messing up his careful yard work!

Of someone else's lawn, but that hardly mattered right now, did it?

"GET OFF MY LAWN!" he finally bellowed, shaking his fist.

Anakin Skywalker had forgotten he was one of the great lightsaber duelists of all time. Shouting at birds was the limit of his skill right now.

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"This is our lawn!" one dodo bellowed back.

"Yeah! We found it fair and square!" another one added.

"I just pooped in it," a third dodo added, "So it's mine!"

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"Don't say poop," Anakin replied immediately, frowning Quite Sternly and brandishing a pair of hedge clippers.

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"Poop!" the dodo said again, immediately, because really now, Anakin. "Poop! Poop on you! Poop on you!"

Actually, he was getting a bit of a chant going with his neighbors.

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All right, the chanting was quite creepy. Anakin took a step back. "I don't want to hurt you fellows," he said, "but I did spend some time in the war..."

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"We don't care!"

Three dodos skittered forward and exhibited a terrifying set of kung-fu poses.

Too bad at least one tripped over her own feet.

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Anakin laughed despite himself. "That's really something there, sport."

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The remaining dodos promptly responded by throwing themselves bodily at Anakin's face. "Poop on you! Poop on you!"

... be worried, Anakin.

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Oh, he was, especially if they were actually planning on pooping on him.

And that's when the Jedi danger sense kicked in.

Guess dodos can fly after all?

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A couple of dodos went flying so far that they hit the tops of the trees and then fell off.

The rest of them regrouped swiftly in a corner of the yard, glaring daggers at Anakin. "Hissssss!"

Yes, they said that out loud.

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That was....kind of unusual, yes.

Anakin, meanwhile, had no idea where that had come from. "I'm warning you..." he said a little shakily, "don't push me!"

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Well, that large 25-dodo-strong headbutting brigade coming straight at him didn't technically constitute pushing...

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Anakin reached out with his hand and pushed.

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With loud squawks, the entire extinction of dodos went flying well past Anakin's fence.

"POOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooop...."

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Anakin shrugged and went back to mowing someone else's his lawn.

"Strange weather today..."