Algy decided that the best thing to do was to spread himself out to dry. His feathers were still sodden and limp, and he needed to be able to fluff them up to keep himself warm. The days were very short now, as midwinter approached, and he knew that he didn’t have long before darkness fell. So he stretched himself out on the seaweed as the tide receded, and relaxed for the first time since the big storm swept in.

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