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by famousray at 4/27/2008 6:54:47 PM
One time I was sad late one night around midnight. I was living out in the high desert of New Mexico at the time, and as I walked outside to sit and gaze at the stars I could hear the coyotes howling. I felt so alone, and so terribly depressed, that I hung my head and began to sob. Suddenly I felt a flutter of wind and something grabbing my index finger. Looking down I saw a wood sparrow had landed on it. I raised it up in front of my face thinking for a minute that I must be dreaming, and the bird began to sing. The song it sang told me the universe didn't want me to be sad. Since I knew where its nest was and I knew there were baby birds in it, I walked over to the cholla cactus where it was and tried to set the momma bird down in her nest. I was surprised to find out that no matter how I tried, I couldn't get her off my finger. I thought, "maybe she's hungry" and walked inside the house to get a bag of birdseed. I opened the window next to her nest and poured some seed out on the window sill. As I was trying to get her to step off my finger, a mouse jumped up on the sill and frightened the bird causing it to fly away. Well, not away really because she was still in the house and couldn't get out. I spent a good many hours holding out my finger and saying "here birdie birdie" to no avail. I was then sad thinking about the little baby birds with no momma to care for them, but in the morning I noticed that all the other wood sparrows were bringing food to her babies as well. I had opened up all the windows, and finally her mate landed on one and sang to her until she found the way out. What an experience, huh? True story.
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