Featheredfuffs
Sprinting down the street
- Joined
- 4/30/17
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- Real Name
- Pearl
I know it's been a while but this is a story I grew up with and it always touched my heart and eventually set me up for getting birds
.
When my dad was growing up, he had three pet budgies, Safire, Gizmo, and Emerald. All were from a pet store, and one, Gizmo, had a crippled wing (he was from a pet store, and they got him with it
). He could fly, but he was very crooked and wobbly when he did. They were all potty-trained, flew around the house at will, and only were confined to their cage at night. They would come to anyone who held two fingers in the air, and were very friendly (except for Gizmo, who, according to my dad, was nippy and protective of his wing, until he got to know you, and then he was a flat-out cuddlebug who loved to sit with you
).
Anyway (sorry, got kind of off track there), one day they had guests, and a guest left the door open by mistake. It was only a minute or two, but it was enough time for Safire to escape out the door and fly into one of the 15 ft. tall trees in my grandparents front yard. My dad, who saw her escape, walked to the doorway, and held up two fingers. She looked at him from the top of the tree, a small blue budgie in a huge world, decided she had enough, and flew back down to my dad. They walked inside, and that was the end of that. None of the three budgies ever escaped again, and all lived to ripe old ages

Anyway (sorry, got kind of off track there), one day they had guests, and a guest left the door open by mistake. It was only a minute or two, but it was enough time for Safire to escape out the door and fly into one of the 15 ft. tall trees in my grandparents front yard. My dad, who saw her escape, walked to the doorway, and held up two fingers. She looked at him from the top of the tree, a small blue budgie in a huge world, decided she had enough, and flew back down to my dad. They walked inside, and that was the end of that. None of the three budgies ever escaped again, and all lived to ripe old ages