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HIYA!!  THIS IS SUMMIT I WROTE WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG BABY.... WITH NO LESSONS SO YOU MUST UNDERSTAND IT'S NOWHERE NEAR PERFECT, WELL... AS GOOD AS I MAYBE AM TODAY, YOU UNDERSTAND!!!!! BUT I TRIED... AND IN LIFE, 'TRYING' IS THE BEST !!! George blinked gently, as he emerged from the egg he'd been squatting in since his Mum laid him several weeks before. He looked around, taking in all the new sights and listening to all the new sounds. He muttered to himself as he tottered around the nest, this place he now knew as home. He looked over at the lady in the corner of the room, sitting at the table with little pots of baby bird food all over the place, just as his feathered mum came into the nest. She ordered him to open his beak, very wide, and then had the cheek to throw up into it... His brothers and sisters, some of whom had been through this unfortunate incident many times in the previous week, informed him that this act was indeed meant to be for his own good, as without it he would surely not survive. Of course, to George, this was quite difficult to understand, as he had never encountered aggression of any kind., and he was hoping this wasn't an example of what 'life' would be growing up. He later heard some of the older babies calling this what he believed indecent act 'regurgitating' of food, and it was only then that he understood exactly what this warped 'term of endearment' was all about. His brother tried to assure him by mentioning that earlier in the week, when he was 4days old, the lady who sits at the table had come to the nest in the next aviary and taken two of the babies into the other room. This went some way to convincing George that maybe this sort of behaviour wouldn't go on for long. George slept a lot of the time as he was sometimes bored with nothing to do, there were no toys to be seen anywhere. Just then, the lady called her husband through to where George and his brothers and sisters were hiding. It was time for them to leave the nest!.... So soon? They hadn't even got their feathers through properly yet, but they didn't have to be told more than once how cute they looked in their 'down' coats! The husband helped her take them all through to the incubators; this is where they would be staying now, between feeds. This way of feeding was far more civilized than the rude awakening George and his siblings had had from their feathered mum and dad; this was far more enjoyable... and great fun too! The lady who'd sat at the table looking lovingly at them was to be the main one in their lives from now on, until they went to the new 'mum and dad' who would eventually own them their whole lives. Trying to eat mushy food from a shaped spoon could prove more of a feat than any of the babies first realised. The skill of the lady was in no way questionable, but the awkwardness of the babies soon began to tell!! There was food everywhere; in their feathers, on the table, in the ladies hair, in their hair, everywhere. This happened several times a day and each seemed messier than the last. The husband, who we later learned to call Uncle David, would often come in and see how the 'clan' were doing, as he was waiting to teach them a few tricks of his own for when they moved in with their new 'mums and dads.' Uncle David was lovely. He taught them how to land on perches, to crawl over people's hands, and most importantly of all, how to be polite and not bite. That's it, you know what's coming next, don't you? And you're right.... RULES WERE MADE TO BE BROKEN!!!!!!!! I PUT THAT IN MY DIARY FOR YOU ALL NOW, COS IT'S COMING UP TO MY FOURTH BIRTHDAY,,, AND IT'S SUCH A LOVELY MEMORY !!!!
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