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Pheasant & Highway

2007 Reader Submission
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Hallo! I write from Italy, and it's my firs-time contribution to the Cause, so be "sympathetic" with errors, please! :P

Here the links to the online newspapers: http://www3.varesenews.it/busto/articolo.php?id=81729 http://www.ciaocomo.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5519&Itemid=64

Let's try to translate the story into english:

Afternoon, a little before 3 pm o'clock. He saw a pheasant (yes, that tasty game...) lying motionless on the highway. Abele Tuccio, 50 years old, building contractor, didn't hesitate to stop and rescue (?) the animal, uncaring for the strong traffic on the A9 highway (notice: highway), between Turate and Lomazzo, near Como lake.

He stopped the car on the safe side of the road, left alone the astonished worker with whom he was driving, and tried to cross the carriages, to reach the corpse-pheasant. An upcoming car, driven by a german family, put him between life and death. Where he stands still.

Ironic how Germans have always such a good sense of timing.

Submitted on 10/03/2007

Submitted by: Davide
Reference: VareseNews - October 3rd 2007

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Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
I wonder if he was trying to get a free dinner bird? In any case, having driven the Autostrasse I know how Europeans are. Good story and we thank you, Davide


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
I don't know about you, but if I saw a motionless bird in the road, pheasant or otherwise, I wouldn't be tempted to stop and recover it, whether to rescue it OR eat it. Thanks, Davide!


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