Aphy sight of the birds outside.

While Alphy was still admiring the ‘partridges’ at the feeder, the couple received a visiter- Dora Allain, Margurita’s sister. Dora usually made her daily rounds - she would go to the mailbox each moming and pick up the couple’s mail, then bring it to the house.

When Dora entered the house, that morning Alphy invited her to “Come and see the partridges outside.”

Dora was a straight-forward person who called a spade a spade. When she looked outside and saw the morning doves, she told Alphy, “Those are not partridges, they are morning doves.”

Alphy did not take kindly to being contradicted - he and Dora got into a bit of a disagreement - he insisted the birds were partridges, while she insisted they were morning doves.

When Margurita saw that the discussion was getting a bit heated, she started to feel tense - she tried to smooth things out by telling the two, “It doesn’t matter if they are partridges or morning doves.”

Both Alphy and Dora ignored Margurita’s comment, and continued to express their different opinions. Finally when Margurita had heard enough, she went to the window and opened it. As she did so, the birds flew away and Alphy and Dora dropped the conversation.

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