The Crunch Bird

A woman goes into a pet store seeking a gift for her husband. She decides to get him a bird with a most unusual talent, but her gift brings about an unforeseen result.

Cast

Len Maxwell

as Husband / Wife / Pet Shop Owner

Reviews

CinemaSerf

A woman with a wonderfully full head of red hair has to buy her indulgent husband a birthday gift. She shuns the traditional sporting and gadget ones and alights on a pet shop where she buys him a very rare "crunch bird". He gets home, not exactly in the birthday mood after a day of paying her bills...

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