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00644 Features: -Annie, Clarabel coach with international style hook and loop couplers.-Bertie the bus, harold the helicopter.-Fit E-Z track with 12 pieces of curved track,3 pieces of straight track and 1 straight plug-in terminal.-Power pack and speed controller.-Illustrated Instruction manual. Includes: -Includes Thomas the Tank Engine with moving eyes. Specifications: -Sir Topham Hatt figure 56 x 38 oval of snap.
Thomas the Tank Engine with moving eyes
Annie and Clarabel coaches with international-style hook and loop couplers
Teaching your bird to talk can be highly enjoyable.It is similar to teaching your small children to say there first words.It is similar simply because it takes a lot of patience and love.The new skill your pet bird will learn is also similar to teaching a child in that it is best done at an early age.What you are actually doing is the first programing of the birds brain so it mimicks what you are saying by constantly listening to your words.Birds learn by mimicking their parents.The best time to start is weaning age no later than four to six months.This is when the parents usually teach their young the calls and whistles related to the species they belong to.The birds that can be taught to speak are the African Grey parrot who is one of the best to teach, the cockatiel, the green winged macaw, rose ringed parakeet, the amazon parrot, the peach fronted love bird, sulphur crested cockatoo which is very popular choice by bird lovers.There is also the crimsen rosella and eastern rosella, red-rumped parrot and budgies which will talk but are a little harder to teach.Interestingly enough the mynah birds from the starling family are very easy to teach.They have a large range of calls and whistles as you have probably heard them in your neighbour hood.When you have chosen the bird that you intend to teach don't start the training the first week let your pet bird get use to you building up it's trust.This will make it easier to teach.Have some interaction with your bird don't just feed it and clean its cage.Make sure the bird is in a safe place such as away from the heat and the cat if you have one.When you are about to do the training make sure you shut windows, turn off the radio or tv so there are no distractions.You want your bird to focus on you.So it does focus on you hold the bird in front of your face so it will get full on interaction.Start with a word or phrase and just keep repeating it.Say it clearly your word or phrase.You can record your voice and listen to how clearly you are saying it.Do this in another room so the bird cannot hear it.If you have a recording, you can improve so you can speak the clearest you possibly can, when training the bird.Birds find words with the letter r in them easy to say so you can start with these sort of words.Words like "cracker" "pretty bird".I used to have a pet shop with a talking corrella whose name was Percy.He use to say "Hello how are ya" with the letter r sounds at the end of the phrase.Some people believe that female birds can't be trained to talk this is not true.They are just harder to train.Male birds are definitely a lot easier to teach to talk.When you do start training your favourite bird only do it for 15 minutes several times a day.That way you both won't get bored and the bird will have a break to give it time to think about it has heard.Always give a special treat to the bird if it actually speaks even if it is not clear at first.When you think your bird has mastered the word or phrase you have so patiently taught it you can try another one.Sometimes they can be taught to react to a noise.My friend had a pink and grey parrot that said when the phone rang, "answer the phone".Make sure the bird is saying the word or phrase clearly before you move to another one.Don't teach your bird anything you don't want it to repeat such as foul language.Also some birds will take longer than others to speak so don't give up so easily.Remember patience and repetition just like you favourite child and also persistence.So have fun together whlie you are training your bird and you will have more success.Good luck.
Alnwick, which lies in the northeast of England, is in the county of Northumberland.Though in Castle Alnwick, it has a very profitable tourist attraction; it does not rely on this solely for its economy.Formerly, Alnwick has relied on agriculture, and the administration of it, to provide jobs for the town's populace.Agriculture was the original reason for the settlement which began in AD 600.The history of Alnwick though, is in effect, the history of the castle, which became a staging post for the Percy's battles with the Scots.Much of the town was actually burned to the ground, by a Scottish raiding party in 1424.It was also a staging post for the first Great North Road between London and Edinburgh.The population of Alnwick currently stands at 31,029.There has a big increase in population within the last ten years, largely thanks to housing and commercial estates prospering on the outskirts of the town.This has allowed both people escaping the bigger city of Newcastle, and in smaller towns where there is not much hope of economic prosperity, to become part of Alnwick.Country life magazine in 2004, stated in a review of Alnwick, "Most picturesque market town", and declared "Best place to live in Britain." A great advantage Alnwick has is its location.Situated 32 miles south of Berwick-upon Twee and the Scottish border, Newcastle, is well within the commuter belt by train.Alnwick Castle is the second largest inhabited castle in Great Britain.The first is Windsor Castle.For six months of the year the castle is open to tourists and the surrounding gardens are open all year round.Due to its many historic and original features, Alnwick Castle has been used for many film locations, and featured as Hogwarts, in The Harry Potter films.
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Percy has had a busy day rolling down the tracks! Now it's time to relax in the shade at Tidmouth Sheds. Duplo pieces are colorful, sturdy and safe for young hands.?Includes Percy, shed?and signal.?Percy measures over 4"L?x ?4"H.?
Percy has had another busy day! Good thing he gets to relax in the shade at Tidmouth Sheds.
Use the loader to transport cement bags to the cement blender. Set includes Percy, signal light, clock tower and Shed
DUPLO pieces are colorful, sturdy and safe for young hands
Percy measures over 4" (10cm) long and 4" (10cm) high
For ages 2 to 5 Years
Help the construction workers build a new house in LEGO Ville by unloading the truck with the large crane
Children's Writers.Captain Marryat, who wrote the children's classic "The Children of the New Forest", was born in London but lived at and is buried at Langham, Norfolk.Anna Sewell is one of the few well-known writers who was born in Norfolk.She was born in Yarmouth but wrote "Black Beauty" whilst living in Old Catton; the horse that inspired her famous book was said to have been stabled in Sewell Barn, Norwich.Sir Henry Rider Haggard, who was born in Bradenham, wrote "King Solomon's Mines", which inspired a "lost world" genre of fiction.Arthur Ransome was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, but set "Coot Club" and "The Big Six" on Norfolk's Broads."Biggles" creator, W.E.Johns, was a sanitary inspector in Swaffham.Novelists.In "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe, Crusoe anchored in Yarmouth Roads and was then shipwrecked in the sea outside Winterton.Defoe is thought to have named his hero after seeing the grave of a Robinson Cruso in King's Lynn.P.G.Wodehouse wrote "Money For Nothing" whilst relaxing at Hunstanton Hall.Hunstanton Hall was the inspiration for Rudge Hall in "Very Good, Jeeves".In "Emma", Jane Austen writes that "Percy was a week at Cromer once".Charles Dickens visited Yarmouth in 1949 and used it as a setting for "David Copperfield".Poets.William Wordsworth is associated with his beloved Lake District but his sister, Dorothy, moved to live with her uncle at Forncett St Peter rectory in 1788.Wordsworth visited her in Norfolk and his uncle was going to find him a local parish; his uncle then discovered that Wordsworth had fathered an illegitimate child in France and Wordsworth's chances of religious life in Norfolk ended although his career as a romantic poet took off.Lord Byron's famous poem, "Don Juan", was influenced by the experiments with Italian ottava rima narrative form by John Hookham Frere, whose family home was Roydon, Norfolk.A very early writer, Geoffrey Chaucer, mentions the "Holy Cross of Bromholm" in "The Canterbury Tales".Two poet laureates have Norfolk connections.John Skelton, who is thought to have been born in Diss in the 15th century, styled himself as a poet laureate; in the 20th century, John Betjeman visited Diss in 1963, became fond of the town, and later wrote "Dear Mary, Yes, it will be bliss, To go with you by train to Diss" to Mary Wilson, wife of the former prime minister.
Alnwick, which lies in the northeast of England, is in the county of Northumberland.Though in Castle Alnwick, it has a very profitable tourist attraction; it does not rely on this solely for its economy.Formerly, Alnwick has relied on agriculture, and the administration of it, to provide jobs for the town's populace.Agriculture was the original reason for the settlement which began in AD 600.The history of Alnwick though, is in effect, the history of the castle, which became a staging post for the Percy's battles with the Scots.Much of the town was actually burned to the ground, by a Scottish raiding party in 1424.It was also a staging post for the first Great North Road between London and Edinburgh.The population of Alnwick currently stands at 31,029.There has a big increase in population within the last ten years, largely thanks to housing and commercial estates prospering on the outskirts of the town.This has allowed both people escaping the bigger city of Newcastle, and in smaller towns where there is not much hope of economic prosperity, to become part of Alnwick.Country life magazine in 2004, stated in a review of Alnwick, "Most picturesque market town", and declared "Best place to live in Britain." A great advantage Alnwick has is its location.Situated 32 miles south of Berwick-upon Twee and the Scottish border, Newcastle, is well within the commuter belt by train.Alnwick Castle is the second largest inhabited castle in Great Britain.The first is Windsor Castle.For six months of the year the castle is open to tourists and the surrounding gardens are open all year round.Due to its many historic and original features, Alnwick Castle has been used for many film locations, and featured as Hogwarts, in The Harry Potter films.
