A Bout with the Citrus

Beat a toucan? Please, I’d peel the floor with one! To prove my champion combat instincts, I hopped onto the low windowsill to face the fiercest opponent in sight: an oversized, bumpy orange sitting quietly on a ceramic plate. I puffed up my peel flaps, gave it a sharp, intimidatory squawk, and launched a direct bill-jab right into its thick rind. Big mistake. The beast didn't budge, but my rubbery bill bounced off with a stinging vibration that rattled my whole neck! The orange just wobbled half an inch, mockingly unbothered. I stood down, claiming a tactical truce before my face went entirely numb.