{"id":212,"date":"2014-01-13T10:56:11","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T15:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manjithanda.com\/?p=212"},"modified":"2014-01-13T16:32:53","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T21:32:53","slug":"a-budgie-loses-his-tail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manjithanda.com\/?p=212","title":{"rendered":"A Budgie Loses His Tail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/manjithanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Budgie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-213\" alt=\"Budgie\" src=\"http:\/\/manjithanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Budgie-300x195.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manjithanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Budgie-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manjithanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Budgie.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He was sitting on<br \/>\nmy daughter&#8217;s shoulder<br \/>\nnibbling<br \/>\nat her shiny silver chain<br \/>\nwhen her bright intricate hairband<br \/>\ncaught his eye.<br \/>\nHe moved up and tangled his feathers and tail<br \/>\nin the accessory.<\/p>\n<p>Shrieks and yelps later<br \/>\nhe and we relieved him&#8211;<br \/>\nhis tail missing<br \/>\nand a wound.<\/p>\n<p>I collected the severed tail<br \/>\nin a napkin and showed him<br \/>\nhis broken turquoise quills.<br \/>\nHe recognized his fur<br \/>\nstared for long and turned<br \/>\nto look at his behind.<\/p>\n<p>Funny I look behind<br \/>\nall the time too<br \/>\nfor lost pieces.<\/p>\n<p>An almost ten year old<br \/>\ncried and felt pain for &#8216;other&#8217;&#8211;<br \/>\nShe will love well.<br \/>\nI mean live well.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>The blue bird<br \/>\neats furiously,<br \/>\nhis maxilla and<br \/>\nmandible<br \/>\nleaving nothing unmilled,<br \/>\nnot even<br \/>\nhis ghost tail.<\/p>\n<p>How does one<br \/>\nbite into absence?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(The painting &#8216;Mario&#8217; is in watercolor on hot pressed paper. Mario is our pet Budgerigar. He has a cage, which serves more as his bedroom. All day long he is a free bird. Like any pet, or member of a family, he brings immense joy in our lives)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; He was sitting on my daughter&#8217;s shoulder nibbling at her shiny silver chain when her bright intricate hairband caught his eye. He moved up and tangled his feathers and tail in the accessory. Shrieks and yelps later he and we relieved him&#8211; his tail missing and a wound. I collected the severed tail in a napkin and showed him his broken turquoise quills. He recognized his fur stared for long and turned to look&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/manjithanda.com\/?p=212\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manjithanda.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manjithanda.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manjithanda.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manjithanda.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manjithanda.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/manjithanda.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manjithanda.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manjithanda.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manjithanda.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}