A Parrot's Thank You
By Jamie Whittaker
A Lot of Little Birdies Told Me:
We Give Thanks for our ancestors that paved the way for us to come and live In the human community
We Give Thanks that we were given the skills needed to adapt to our new world
We Give Thanks that the destruction of our habitat did not mean the total destruction of us
We Give Thanks to all of those humans that have given up their lives, their jobs, their families, their comforts to care for us, live with us, and learn about us.
We Give Thanks to these humans that teach others about us and our ways and that help us to adapt to our new homes
We Give Thanks to the ongoing efforts of those in research that work for little money to solve the mystery of disease & nutrition to help us to be healthy and long lived
We Give Thanks to our human friends who care enough about us to find us new homes when they can no longer care for us
We Give Thanks to those caring humans that open their homes to one more bird so that we can be part of their flock
We Give Thanks for this wonderful new future where we can share our lives with humans and be their companions and their friends
That's what I hear my birdies shout to the world in the morning and evening. That's what I hear in the "Too-Hoos" and clucks and whistles in my bird room and in the aviary. That's what I see in the eyes of the birds that find their way to our aviary, the ones that have been living happy lives and the ones that are looking forward to the opportunity for one. All of our lives are different, we are all a product of our good and bad experiences; so are our birds. They have given up some things to live in captivity, but they have gained much, too. One of the main things that they have gained is a FUTURE.
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