Bird's Language

A parrot entered inside into Ashwin’s flat through windows. His family members were delighted viewing it so close. It is beautiful and colorful. When he extended his hand it simply holds his fingers with its legs and watches others with out any fear. Ashwin is thrilled to have a parrot in his hands for the first time in his life.

After some time the parrot seemed restless. Ashwin thought that it might be hungry. So he got some pea nuts and offered to it. When it didn’t eat they placed a glass of water in front of it. It drank and started flying inside the room. Ashwin’s elder brother said, “Now it’s already 6 P.M and getting late for it. If it becomes too dark, it can’t return to its nest. So leave it outside the window and that is what it might be looking for." Though Ashwin doesn’t want to send it back, he opened a window and kept the parrot on the window pane. It returned again into the room and so this time he kept on a protruding slab outside the window and closed the doors. The parrot while trying to enter the room hit itself against the window glass and started falling on the ground. It disappeared into a tree and no one was able to find whether it is hurt or not.

Now Ashwin is sad and said to God angrily, “You made us really stupid. Why didn’t you give us the ability to understand a bird’s language? If you had given the power at least to me, the parrot would have been safe.”

When Ashwin’s brother heard these words he too felt depressed for his misinterpretation of the bird’s deeds. Suddenly his mother shouted from the kitchen, “The baby is crying, some one give the milk bottle to the baby.” Answin’s brother got surprised how his mother is able to understand that the baby is hungry just listening to its cry.