【明報專訊】The birds have been discussing the weather. "We're deciding when to fly south for the winter," Smart Bird explained. "As we are democratic birds, I've been conducting a straw poll to see if we agree when to go," he added. Since a straw poll is an informal survey taken to get an instant opinion about something, I stayed to watch the birds. Then, they suddenly vanished! "The result of the straw poll showed that the majority of us thought we should leave as soon as possible," Smart Bird cried as he waved goodbye.