Ollie the osprey was cruising over the bay

soaring high with his eagle-like eyes

he spotted a fish near the surface

dive dive dive and a big splash

he rose up with a nice fish in his claws

Ollie landed on the branch of a tall dead tree

perched on one foot with the fish in his other claw

the fish was still wriggling but his fate was doomed

Ollie spotted Vinnie the Vulture gliding by

Oh no not him thought Ollie

Vinnie circled round a few times and landed near Ollie

Ollie said nothing and spread his wings downward to hide the fish

nice fish you caught there Ollie said Vinnie

bugger off! said Ollie, go find yourself some nasty roadkill to eat

Look said Vinnie, me and the boys can protect you

we will scare all the other ospreys away

so you can have sole rights over fishing in this bay

all you have to do is slip us a fish or two every day

you have been watching too many gangster movies said Ollie

Vinnie decided to turn up the heat

look Ollie, we know your favorite roosting places

we can have our cousins fly over and fill them up

either you cooperate or you will have nowhere to roost around here

Ollie started to laugh, I am not scared of you or your stupid cousins

Vinnie hopped down closer and made a lunge for Ollie’s fish

Ollie rolled away and took off holding his fish tightly

Vinnie stayed on the branch and shrugged

I guess I won’t be eating his fish today

Ollie circled back and soared over the dead tree

Vinnie looked up and assumed he had a change of mind

perhaps he was coming back to give up his fish

Ollie swooped down low over the tree

he did not land but instead made a low fly-by

with perfect timing, he pooped on Vinnie’s head

Vinnie winced and flew away screaming Mommy!

look what Ollie just did to me!

Ollie came back to the tree and landed

he finished his fish with a huge grin

Vinnie and his gang never bothered Ollie again