To find peace in a world as ravaged as this one is extremely hard to come by with all that one is faced with on a daily basis. There are apex predators, wars, and people who care for no-one or no-things around them, yet I got lucky somehow.
It all started on a bright summer morning a few weeks ago as I awoke singing to the appearence of the sun. It filtered through the foliage of my hometree, warming my feathers with its radiate heat, as I opened my eyes to a new day. I hopped upon my nest to stretch my wings for flight as the sounds of the day reached my ears. Crickets chirping, grasshoppers’ wings fluttering in flight, beetles scurrying through the leaves, cars roaring in the distance, and people with their constant chatter. My hometree is located in the backyard of a house that is yellow in color with a family of five, and a mean ole cat who wants to eat me. The yard has a swing set, an oak tree which is my home, various toys about, plus a birdbath.
As I perched upon the edge of my nest, my belly growled in expectation of something to eat. I scanned the yard in search of that mean ole cat and came across a new object in the yard. So I focused on this object and saw that it had holes in the top of it, not big enough for me to pass through but big enough to see through. And to my surprise, there was food beneath it! The cat was nowhere in sight, so I took flight down to this object and landed next to it. I don’t know if you’ve heard but birds are very curious and it gets us in a feathery situation. I hopped closer to it for a closer look, just close enough to peer underneath that box-shaped object. There were seeds, morsels of bread and what turned out to be worms. All seemed to be okay, therefore I snatched a morsel of bread and nothing happened. I hopped off a little ways being vigilant of that mean ole cat because he could spoil this buffet made for one. Seeing that he was nowhere around, I enjoyed that bread and was eager to get back for more. After I finished it off, I hopped back over like a starving dog to eat as much as I could before that cat showed his face. As I gorged myself on seeds and bread there was a whoosh and thunk sounds. My instincts took over. DANGER! I took flight to get away from a danger I couldn’t perceive and flew head first into the side of that object. I flew around in a frenzy with feathers flying around everywhere, hitting all four sides, trying to understand why I couldn’t get out. In the midst of my frantic, I realized that the peaceful world I once knew was in all likelihood over with.
As I stood there panting and gasping for air, the house’s backdoor opened with a bang, and out came a boy hooping and hollering as he ran toward me with a light in his eyes. I only had a few moments to figure out how to get out of this box before the boy made it to me. Looking out the holes, I flew in a panic toward them, hoping one was big enough for me to pass through. I misjudged the holes, hitting my beak, which shot a pain through my entire body. My left wing got bruised in the process and it hurt like hell. I noticed the boy was just upon me, and I believed I saw an opening at the top. With a last-ditch effort, I heaved myself up with all my might, aiming for the opening that would set me free at last. THUMP! And my world went black.
