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Birds misery.


A GREAT grandad is distraught dis·traught  
adj.
1. Deeply agitated, as from emotional conflict.

2. Mad; insane.



[Middle English, alteration of distract, past participle of distracten,
 after 30 of his canaries were stolen in an allotment raid.

Herbert Savory savory, name for any plant of the genus Satureja, aromatic herbs and subshrubs of the family Labiatae (mint family). Commonly cultivated as border ornamentals or potherbs are two species of the Mediterranean region and surrounding areas: summer savory (S.  has been left heartbroken after his pets, which include a black-and-white bird named Shearer, were taken.

Now, he is appealing for help from the public to track down his beloved birds and those behind the break-in at his allotment in Kibblesworth, Gateshead.

He said: "Those birds were my life. When I saw they were gone I stood there in shock. It was my worst nightmare come true."

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Publication:Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Date:Nov 18, 2009
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