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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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