“Jeffery, Jeffery, you can come back in! We were just joking when we said bird houses were only meant for birds.” They all sang the same tune.
As if it didn’t bother me enough that my own Family left me to be raised by a bunch of Bohemian Waxwings. I could hear them inside mocking me. They pushed me out on this limb with their antics.
We normally had a really good relationship at Christmas time but this year they were trying to put me on the tree as an ornament. A Christmas tree inside of a birdhouse, I can’t even make this stuff up! I will not be anyone’s decoration!
Me and my presents will just sit here on this iced limb and when Santa flies over, I will catch a ride with him to the North Pole. That’ll teach them.
Of course that was my plan until she came out. She was a stunning Cardinal not known to these parts of the world. She too was adopted. I loved her so. I had to keep it a secret though. We were best friends and I didn’t want to ruin that.
“Jeffery, just look over the others and their rude comments. They’ve had too much bird seed and you know how they act when they get full.” I could feel my face getting warm. I was blushing.
Sally’s beak lit up in kind of a smile. “ I will not let them do anything to hurt you!”
I gazed upon her beautiful feathers just as her foot slipped. I grabbed her and pulled her to safety. All of my presents quickly fell to the ground. We both got a good laugh knowing that none of the flock deserved gifts this year anyways.
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