No Questions Asked

A small white parakeet flies over the heads of the hundreds of visitors at the Stafford County Showground. A small boy is in hot pursuit, trying to grab the bird whenever it drops within reach of his grasping hands. The bird has no idea where's it going, or what it'll do when it gets there - it's free, that's all that matters. It could be a cockatiel, maybe a budgie, it's moving too fast to see. What was certain to all onlookers was that the massive -thud- of the small bird flying straight into a window must've bloody hurt. A chorus of onlookers cries in dismay at the sound, like spectators watching a horrifically bad tackle at a football match. The parakeet flaps down