Chapter Nine
The human looked at me with sad eyes, and said softly, "I hoped I'd never have to do this, Apple, but after you started plucking, I have no choice. You're not the happy little bird I at the pet store anymore." What did that mean? What was going to happen?
She picked up my cage, and went outside, into a red thing on wheels. It rolled along, taking us with it for a few minutes, and finally stopped. She took my cage out, and walked towards a human building.
Opening a hard flap on the outside, she carried me in.
"Is this the bird you wanted to surrender?" A female human asked.
"Yes," She said sadly, "Goodbye, Apple, I hope you find a good home... Somewhere else." She then left without ever looking back. I clung to the bars of my cage, still looking at her. I chirped, but she did not answer.
I climbed back on my cage, and studied the human that I was brought to. "You poor little bird," she said, "Who just joined the thousands of pets who's owner didn't know how to take care of properly. You're a good bird, I know. It's all your owner's fault."
I looked at her, and cocked my head. She smiled, and picked up my cage. She carried it into a room where a lot of other birds like me, and some finches and canaries. There was a menacing looking green parrot with some yellow on his nape several times bigger than me. I hid behind my toy. What was going on?
The human set my cage on an open spot next to the window. I looked out to see dozens of humans wandering around. There were also the furry creatures that the other birds and humans said were "Cats" and "Dogs". I looked around. Next to me was a cage with three zebra finches. On my other side sat a cockatiel. The menacing
amazon was still staring at me.
"H..hello?" I chirped in a small voice.
"Hiya," the cockatiel whistled
"Heelllo!" The
amazon sang in human.
"You can speak human?" I chirped carefully
"Yes I can! They taught me how," He replyed in parrot.
"C...can you teach me?" I asked.
"Sure, why not? The humans are always happy to adopt a talking parrot," He squaked back
"Adopt?"
"Buy you, and make you part of their family," He explained.
"But I already have a family!"
"Yes, but they left you here, right?"
"Yes..."
"Listen, if your human leaves you here, she doesn't want you anymore. Another will come to get you, but you will never see your old one again.
Ever." I fluffed in fear.
"Oh, don't worry, it's not as scary as I made it sound."
"But my friend..." I stopped. I knew what was happening. The human liked Sky more, so she kept him. I was the grumpy one, so I was given away. Some life. I yawned and closed my eyes. At least another one would come for me, and in the meantime, I had mister
amazon. "By the way, what's your name?" I asked.
"It's Polly."
"Polly" I repeated, and went to sleep.
