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To: trisham
Poor Wino. :(

That was 60 years ago.

All the other Winos were well cared for by my mother and me.

She had a way with birds, and they loved her. She could hold a bird on its back in the palm of her hand and give it a shower in the kitchen sink.

It would just lie there enjoying the cleaning, then get up and shake the water off. The Winos would repeat things like "pretty bird" "Wino" and a few other things.

However, there were so many wild birds in our back yard, that the Winos all imitated birdsongs, and the only way to quiet them was to put a towel over the cage.
446 posted on 01/16/2014 3:56:18 PM PST by TheOldLady
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To: TheOldLady

What a wonderful story. I can almost see it come to life. :)


447 posted on 01/16/2014 4:05:01 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: TheOldLady; trisham

Only male parakeets can mimic speaking. Males have a blue band above their beaks. Girls are pink.


453 posted on 01/16/2014 4:19:03 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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