'Twas a strange night.
In the middle of the night, I heard noises coming from the kitchen and initially thought it was a kid going to the loo (albeit very clumsily!), so I ignored it and went back to sleep.
Then later, the loud noise of things falling about woke me up and made me imagine thieves and horror movie characters! Lol!
When I finally had the courage to peep (it was around 4am), I saw a small silhouette on the floor next to the fridge. It looked like a bird!!
It couldn't be a bat. (
That has happened before in our previous unit, by the way. You can read about it here). Bats don't go banging into things since they have echolocation.
I was still really creeped out, it was pitch dark at 4 in the morning and there was 'something' crashing about in my home!! So I got Sidekick to come with me! Heh :)
Indeed it was a harmless bird. A pretty green one even! It had injured itself crashing about and was bleeding a bit on its forehead. I wonder where it came from and why it was banging into walls. Was it unwell, or blind or just desperate?
Anyway, I did entertain the thought of keeping it since it was so pretty, but the tragic fact that all our pets die prematurely and also the thought of bird flu made me tell Sidekick to leave it on the balcony.
It stayed on the balcony until it became bright enough and then it flew away.
Too much drama for 4 am...
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