As I opened the door of my room, I could hear my little birdie giving a small chirp and was confused whether his master or somebody else had opened the door. To make sure the master had arrived, I gave him my signature sound which then he responds well to it by making loud sounds of joy and happiness above his cage. He never likes to be inside his cage apart from when hunger strikes him. He also love’s listening to ‘Coldplay’s – A sky full of stars’ because I love that song and plays it quite often. He is a lovely bird who admires to mingle with humans and knows that he is very much different from other birds. Now, he is on a mission of learning to fly without wings.

I always loved birds and never knew which bird would be an ideal choice for indoors apart from the usual ones. One day, I happened to meet a professional photographer for a business deal. In his studio, his son came up with a cockatiel bird on his shoulder and slowly I was attached to the bond between the bird and the boy. After months of overthinking, I got my cockatiel bird from a nearby pet store. He was just 3 months old and was with a group of cockatiels in a large cage. I was being so sensitive towards him when the pet owner took away from his folks. At first, I wanted to take home a male and female cockatiel birds but bringing a couple home makes a lesser bond between humans as per the information I had got.

My family was so excited to see him but for the first few days he was very cautious and was getting used to his environment. After few weeks, I named him Louie because of the chirp sound he made sometimes rhymes with the word Louie. Cockatiel birds are sometimes funny and like to mingle with humans if they are treated well. They also have their unique happy dance (only a cockatiel bird owner can realize it) in between when excitement arrives. These birds love’s sitting on the top of the ceiling fan and admires a satisfactory view from the top. Louie always wanted to get attention and loves anybody gently stroking his head.

After two healthy years of our relationship, like in all stories, something dreadful and unexpected thing happened. It happened in early 2015, Louie was taking rest in my rooms ceiling fan. With a small negligence from someone in my own family switched on the fan. Louie was thrown away from the fan and was hit by one of the fan blades. I was somewhere in the house but didn’t know about this danger. As soon I came to know about this mishap the damage was already done. I was so disappointed about what had happened. This got my eyes filled with tears. As I carefully held him into my hand, I noticed that his right wing got twisted and had a deep cut under his right wing.

I embraced him on my chest and took him to the vet. But since there wasn’t a good vet who deals with birds around, the treatment for Louie got scarce. Reaching home, my sister and I really looked after him with the basic resources we got. He sometimes bled every alternative day which was a sad thing for us to witness. Now, it’s almost 2 years from the incident and things have got the better. Louie is back to normal with a stronger heart and a broken wing. But he hasn’t forgotten to get his attention from others. A year ago, I moved out to a different place with my wife. I had no other choice than to keep Louie with my parents because he was used to his environment. I never wanted him to feel lonely, so I had given my entire room for him to make him more comfortable when I am not there. He misses me so much and awaits for my footsteps every single day. Although I come home for few days every single month, to him it’s a lifetime because I will always make him happy with my care and love.

Sometimes, I do have a regret to myself of getting him in the first place. But the experience of being with him has taught me so much of good lessons and how to move forward in life. As I took him on my shoulder to the rooftop, he goes crazy as a kid being taken to the candy shop. Over there we do have our so-called physiotherapy lessons but each time we try he hits the floor. He also makes sure that his loud chirps are heard in nature when a bird passes. As I take him back to reality by dawn, he tilts his head up and watches the migrating birds flying so high up in the sky and probably asking himself only if…

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