fourteen peacocks plotting, thirteen humans helping, twelve temperamental turkeys, eleven pouting pussies, ten crotchety creaking canines, nine grumpy geese, eight kicking kittens, seven guinea fowl freeloading, six lizards a lazing, five guinea pigs a gnawing, four elderly equines, three burly bossy bovines, two rabbits a mating, and a chukar in a cherry tree.