TRANSCRIPT
You know what time it is singing with me? It’s story time. Hey, I said it story time. Alright guys, so for today’s story, you know, at the very beginning of the lesson today, we were talking about pets. We talked about a dog and a golden retriever. Now, I used to have a dog and her name was Snickers.
Snickers was our dog. I was in high school when we got her. She was cute, very loyal, and she was fun. But I always had in my mind that, you know, dogs their man’s best friend, but dogs were the best pets. And when someone asked me about having a bird as a pet. I said birds can’t really be good pets because they just stay in their cages.
That seems kind of boring. I like the fact that dogs kind of could be taken on walks. They could spend time with you. I liked the idea of a dog. But I had a friend that tried to convince me that birds really are good pets, but it didn’t really work the convincing. However, one day a family friend, um, had her kids stay with us for a short period of time, about a week for a vacation while she was gone.
So her son and her daughter stayed with us and they just happened to have a pet bird. Now their pet bird was named Matt. And he was probably about that big, not a big bird, very small. When he came into the house, I just said, oh, okay, he’s a bird. He’s cute. But I wasn’t expecting anything because again, in my mind, birds just stayed in their cages and they were kind of a little boring.
You gave them bird seed and that was it. But Matt was different. So I remember the first day they were with us. My friend, the young boy, he took Matt out of the cage and I said, okay, I guess Matt is going to sit around because Matt couldn’t fly. So Matt started walking on the floor following us into the room.
We were gonna watch TV in the living room. So I said, okay. He kind of follows us like a dog does. So we, we sat down and we were watching tv and Matt was just kind of sitting and standing at our feet. I said, oh, that’s interesting. The bird is kind of watching tv. The next day. Now on the next day that they were with us, my friend, the young boy, happened to decide to stay upstairs.
I wanted to watch TV and eat something for lunch, eat a snack, actually. But my friend, he wanted to stay upstairs. Now, he was younger than me. He was more like a younger brother. So. I decided to take the bird with me. I said, okay, I’ll take Matt and see what he wants to do. So I was walking down the stairs and I realized that Matt was also walking down the stairs like, you know, a bird just hopping down the steps.
I said, okay. I didn’t have to pick him up. So we got down the steps and we rounded the corner to the living room, and I laid out a blanket because I figured maybe, you know. I guess the bird wants to sit on the blanket. So I put the blanket out and I decided to also lay down. I got my snacks and I said, well, maybe, maybe Matt wants some snacks.
You see how my mind was starting to change. All of a sudden I was taking care of this bird, like it was my dog Snickers. So I got Matt, some of his little snacks, and I was laying on the ground on top of the blanket, and I had my snacks in front of me, and I turned the TV on to watch one of my favorite shows.
So I gave Matt his snack and I was assuming that he was in his own world just eating his snacks and being a bird. So I found the show that I was going to watch and I sat, uh, I laid kind of on the ground on top of the blanket and I started eating my snacks and I was watching the show, but then something said, TIFF, look to your right.
So I’m looking at the show and I turned to my right and Matt was doing the same thing. I was eating out of my hand, the snacks, and Matt with his little beak. Kept his eyes on the tv, dipped down, got food, and kept watching the tv. We were watching TV together and my mind was blown because I said, this is a bird again, small bird.
But I’m getting the same feelings I get when I have my dog snick with me. Needless to say, after a week of having Matt stay with us, along with my two friends. I fell in love with birds so much. So that to this day, again, almost 20, if not more, 20 more than 20 years later. Yeah, a lot more than 20 years later, I am thinking about birds still.
So one day I plan on getting a bird because of Matt. Matt changed my whole view of birds. Birds can be great pets. They can sit with you, eat snacks with you, and watch TV too. Now, maybe you guys had a pet bird or maybe you have a pet bird right now. Let us know in the comment section what your favorite pet is, and if you have a bird, let us know what your experience has been.
Alright guys, I really hope you enjoy today’s lesson. I’ll talk to you next week. Have a wonderful day.