HEY, BABY!

MR. OWL HAS LEFT FOR ANOTHER ADVENTURE. HE HAS BEEN GONE A LONG TIME. I WONDERED IF I WOULD LOVE ANOTHER BIRD. WOULD IT FEEL LIKE BETRAYAL OF MY LOVE FOR MR. OWL? HOW WOULD I GET TO KNOW ANOTHER BIRD? WELL...

A FRIEND OF MINE  MOVED BACK IN TOWN. WE ARE HAVING FUN GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER AGAIN AND I AM LOVING GETTING TO KNOW HER THREE; YES, I SAID THREE; PARROTS. THEY ARE EXCEPTIONALLY INVOLVED IN EVERY FACET OF MY TIME AT THEIR HOME. THEY CALL OUT "HELLO!" WHEN THEY HEAR SOMEONE AT THE DOOR. LAUGH WITH US WHEN WE WATCH A FUNNY MOVIE AND DEMAND OUR ATTENTION. THERE ARE TWO GIRLS AND ONE BOY. I LOVE THEM ALL BUT THE PARROT NAMED "NIBBLES" HAS DECIDED WE ARE BEST FRIENDS IN THE WORLD. I HAVE COME TO ACCEPT THAT AS A GIVEN FACT. I LOVE ANOTHER BIRD. THERE IS ROOM IN MY HEART FOR MORE THAN ONE BIRD AFTERALL.

NIBBLES BEGAN DRAWING ME INTO HER WORLD BY CLIMBING UP TO MY SHOULDER AND SAYING, "HEY, BABY!" IT IS A SAD COMMENTARY ON MY LIFE THAT NO ONE HAS SAID, "HEY, BABY!" TO ME IN A LONG TIME SO MAYBE I OVER-REACTED A TAD. I KNOW I WAS ASTOUNDED, PLEASED AND LAUGHING SO HARD. THEN NIBBLES WHISTLES AND SAYS"UMM-MM. UMM-MM" AND I AM A GONER.

TONIGHT, THE MOMENT I ENTERED THE ROOM NIBBLES CALLED ME BABY AND ACCEPTED MY OFFER OF AN ARM IMMEDIATELY. SHE STAYED WITH ME MOST OF MY VISIT. SHE ALLOWED ME TO PET HER. SHE MADE BIRD NOISES THAT MEAN, "THAT FEELS SO GOOD". SHE TRIED TO GROOM ME BUT I STOPPED HER. I HAVE LITTLE BIRD PECK SPOTS ON MY ARM FROM THE LAST CLEANING. SEVERAL TIMES SHE SAT ON MY CHEST AND LOOKED ME STRAIGHT IN THE EYES AND SAID, "HEY, BABY!" AGAIN.

NIBBLES AND I ARE QUITE A PAIR. OUR RELATIONSHIP IS PURE-TEE COOL!

OF COURSE I WILL ALWAYS VISIT NIBBLES AT HER HOME. MY FOUR CATS MAY NOT APPRECIATE THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN A BEAUTIFUL PARROT AND THEIR HUMAN MOMMY. THERE IS A BETTER THAN GOOD CHANCE THAT THIS PARROT COULD GIVE A CAT A THOROUGH THROTTLING. SH-H-H! DON'T TELL THE CATS! THEY THINK THEY ARE BAD TO THE BONE!

FOR THE NIGHT I BID YOU, "HEY, BABY!" FROM NIBBLES AND SWEET DREAMS FROM NIBBLES BEST FRIEND....ME, CAT MOMMY EXTRAORDINAIRE!!