Josie's Budgie Tales

I wonder why humans are so different.” thought Joey. “This man and his children seem very nice, why aren’t they nice to little budgies?”

The daddy had been bragging about how smart macaws are; but he looks at me like I dumb or something, doesn’t he know I am a parrot too? “Hey mister, that’s not nice,” Joey chirps. However, the man isn’t listening; he keeps on about how parrots talk and how smart they are. Mommy and I are sitting right there, we really can’t say anything because it will upset the other parrots.

Then a woman asks mommy about me, she says that I am 8 months old and a context speaker (that means I speak like a human), one thing leads to another. Mommy tells her about me belonging to the BudgieResearch Group and she seems interested. Mommy explains how all the budgies are very smart and can talk just like she can.

The man in the mean time is getting a little upset, and keeps talking on about parrots. I don’t say a thing, because I don’t want to embarrass my mommy, but I am getting a little tired of him. I decide to take action, I stand up really tall, take a deep breath and as loud as I can give a very nasty “Tweet”. (I can’t use bad language and it was only sound I could make to get my point across.) Everyone looked at me and Mr. Know It All shuts up. He did not realize I understood every word, my mommy taught me. I saw my mommy trying very hard not to laugh; hey, I did the best I could.

I must remember that a single tweet speaks more volumes than a hundred words. Imagine a six-foot man silenced by a 1-ounce budgie.

I do like big parrots, cockatiels, cockatoos, and all the rest, but I’m a parrot too, and people should respect little budgies and realize that the quietest and smallest are just a smart as everyone else.

So children don’t you forget you are smart and have a right to be heard and respected.

©  Ceol