I’ve been having troubles lately getting Tavi, our parakeet, to come out of her cage. As a remedy, I decided to try leaving the cage open while we eat meals. For days, she didn’t come out.<\/p>\n
The other night, though, we were in the middle of dinner when she flew down to the table. Everybody jumped, then went still as we tried not to scare her.<\/p>\n
Tavi walked over to steal some food from me. I gave her a breadcrumb and shooed her away from my plate. She turned and ran straight for my youngest son.<\/p>\n
“She’s coming to me!”<\/p>\n
“Don’t worry,” I said. “But don’t let her on your plate. Just shoo her away if she tries – ”<\/p>\n
Too late. Before I could finish my sentence, Tavi leaped onto his pile of peas and settled down into them.<\/p>\n
Both the boys started laughing helplessly.<\/p>\n
“You’re still going to have to eat them,” I threatened. “You can’t get out of peas that easy.”<\/p>\n
“It’s not my fault! What can I do?”<\/p>\n
“Shoo her away.”<\/p>\n
Tavi must have heard me. She looked up at him and opened her beak.<\/p>\n
“Da-ad!”<\/p>\n
“Okay,” I said. “Just eat the ones from around the side. The ones she hasn’t stepped on.”<\/p>\n
Not the best solution, I’ll admit. But what else could I do?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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