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My turn!!!! (Bowing to myself
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~*~The Life Story of Apple the Budgie~*~
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Nice work on the new chapters. I'm sorry that I haven't popped in for a while
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Chapter Sixty Three
Like every bird, Leaf had a story.
The day she told it to me was the day I learned about first impressions. They're never right. I had thought Leaf was a crazy mean bird, but she turned out to be really nice, despite her story.
She was born in captivity, in a large scale breeding program that sold its birds to large pet stores, just like I was.
Except hers was much worse.
She described it to me. The cages were tiny, with rusty wires. There wasn't any kind of paper at the bottom, and poop piled up almost as high as the perches were. There was a huge building with hundreds of cages, piled on top of each other. There was one small box with no bedding per cage, two nesting pairs per cage.
Many birds died of stress, some, of diseases, because it was so crowded, having no clean water...
Leaf was one of the lucky few who lived through that horrible two months.
Then, she was shipped to a pet store, just like I had.
The pet store was hardly any better.
The cages were still crowded together.
They were just a little cleaner so people would want to buy the birds.
Children stuck their fingers into cages, scaring them, yelling at them.
Finally, after a long month, a family adopted Leaf.
They didn't know anything about having a pet, they only got her to silence their kid.
Leaf wasn't very happy at all in the new environment.
The humans bought Leaf a tiny cage, hardly big enough for a finch, and kept her there all day.
Their very young children were the ones who would feed her, and they often didn't give her enough to eat.
They also sometimes put soda instead of water in her water bowl.
When she became sick, they gave her away.
The new family was hardly better, but they took her to the vet.
Right after, when she could fly again, she escaped, and met Sky, who had also escaped.
I felt bad for Leaf. She has had a hard life.
Maybe now, she can finally settle down.
Like every bird, Leaf had a story.
The day she told it to me was the day I learned about first impressions. They're never right. I had thought Leaf was a crazy mean bird, but she turned out to be really nice, despite her story.
She was born in captivity, in a large scale breeding program that sold its birds to large pet stores, just like I was.
Except hers was much worse.
She described it to me. The cages were tiny, with rusty wires. There wasn't any kind of paper at the bottom, and poop piled up almost as high as the perches were. There was a huge building with hundreds of cages, piled on top of each other. There was one small box with no bedding per cage, two nesting pairs per cage.
Many birds died of stress, some, of diseases, because it was so crowded, having no clean water...
Leaf was one of the lucky few who lived through that horrible two months.
Then, she was shipped to a pet store, just like I had.
The pet store was hardly any better.
The cages were still crowded together.
They were just a little cleaner so people would want to buy the birds.
Children stuck their fingers into cages, scaring them, yelling at them.
Finally, after a long month, a family adopted Leaf.
They didn't know anything about having a pet, they only got her to silence their kid.
Leaf wasn't very happy at all in the new environment.
The humans bought Leaf a tiny cage, hardly big enough for a finch, and kept her there all day.
Their very young children were the ones who would feed her, and they often didn't give her enough to eat.
They also sometimes put soda instead of water in her water bowl.
When she became sick, they gave her away.
The new family was hardly better, but they took her to the vet.
Right after, when she could fly again, she escaped, and met Sky, who had also escaped.
I felt bad for Leaf. She has had a hard life.
Maybe now, she can finally settle down.
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Ok, people! That means no more chapters today!
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no new chapters? Change your mind please?
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