Speech therapy by birds
William Winter, 7, talking to Pumpkin, an Australian cockatiel which has been helping with speech therapy at Burrow Bridge primary school in Somerset. Pumpkin has proved so successful in keeping the children's attention that a nearby school has bought a similar bird.
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