Today has been a pretty relaxed day.
The weather outside has been horrendous and relegated me to purely
indoor activities. This has been great for my German lessons but
there is only so much German one non-German speaking person can
handle in a day!!
Thankfully my boredom was alleviated
for a few minutes by the sudden and abrupt entry of a bird through a
door that was not open more than a couple of inches! Well a second
later the cat was off the chair and after the poor, confused bird who
flew into one window followed by another, and another. Fortunately
the bird slipped down between the stairwell, giving me enough time to
capture the cat and forcefully lock it in a room while I attempted to
remove the deviant bird.
I grabbed a towel from the bathroom
intending to bring it down mid flight, wrap it up and release it
outside, unscathed and constantly indebted to me for saving its life.
The reality was a little less heroic. The unfortunate bird had been
dazed in all the confusion and merely sat on the step staring up at
me as I approached it. I was able to cover it in the towel, slide it
off the step and let it out outside. It a moment of beauty the bird
looked up at me and our eyes locked for a second in which is can only
be said that the bird displayed enormous gratitude before it took
flight, escaping me, the house and the cat.
After having thoroughly searched the
house and failing to find any sign of the bird, the cat is now
sulking with me for spoiling her fun.
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