During the Festive Season I was fortunate to receive some nice stories, a couple I would like to share with my readers. For a change I am being very happy and constructive, so I hope you all sit back and enjoy what you read and hear.
Some of you have seen pictures of a Miligold Macaw parrot, others have not been so fortunate. One administrator whom I speak with on a regular basis has a 6 yr old Miligold Macaw, called Huey. She got him when he was 10 days old and hand raised him. The first word he ever spoke was, "Hello", he quickly followed with "Hi Huey". All day long she would constantly hear "Hi Huey, Hi Huey, Huey, Huey, Huey". This bird is driving me crazy, she said to herself, if I do not teach him some new words, the authorities will have to certify me.
Each day about lunchtime she would give Huey a treat. Placing the treat in his dish and telling him what it was, by pointing to the dish and saying carrots, beans, noodles, or whatever. Huey would just look at her, then go and consume his treat.
During the spring break, one of Huey’s older siblings, Syd, came to stay with my friend, whilst Syd’s family went on vacation. Syd's favorite word was “cracker”. He knew what crackers were and when he said cracker it was because he wanted one. My friend would go get the crackers, and give the birds a piece. This went on for the 10 days she was “birdsitting” Syd.
The day after Syd had returned to his own home my friend was still hearing "Cracker"? Yea, Huey learned a new word so my friend would oblige by giving him a bit of a cracker. The lunchtime treats continued but with a difference now. Huey would look at what was put in his dish and say "Cracker"? My friend replied, “No this is Carrots, or No, this is Noodles”. Huey would look at what was in the dish, look back at my friend and start eating, this same ritual went on for the next couple of months.
Then one day Huey became very frustrated and disgusted with my friend. As she
put his usual treat in the dish, Huey looked at her and said, "Cracker"? No, she replied it is carrots" Huey climbed down his play stand to be on the same level with my friend, looking her straight in the eye and said "CRACKER" then climbed back up his play stand and started to eat watching my friend very closely.
Thunder crashed, lightening flashed and the lights came on in her head. “She was dumbfounded”. She then realized “cracker” was Huey’s word for any treat. It took him less than 10 days to learn the word, but took her over 2 months to learn what it meant. Think about that next time you call someone a "Bird Brain".
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I leave you as I started the article, sit back and enjoy.
Kind Regards,
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