Collecting mushrooms from the zebra paddock

[urbpan]

"First thing every morning, Harry and I would climb the fence into the zebra paddock and collect the velvety, dew-drenched crop of mushrooms that had sprouted there in the night. These Harry would cook in butter in a little saucepan, and we would devour them for our elevenses. They made a delicious meal, but the hazards involved in mushroom

Comments

[ritaxis]

thank you! I read all the Gerald Durrell animal collecting books when I was a kid, and boy was I disappointed when I picked up his brother's novels . . .

[drhoz]

ah yes :) Reliably hilarious is the late Mr. Durrell.