Bridget had been all kinds of excited for me to sub in her Kindergarten
class again--well, up until today, that is.
Looking back, she was kind
of quiet on the way to school, but I'm sure I had my mind on other
things as I usually do first thing in the morning, so I didn't really
notice.
I started my day out on the playground, making sure hundreds of
spring-fevered children didn't attempt to fling themselves (or each
other) off the top of the slide before the morning whistle even had a
chance to blow. I remember seeing that familiar pink backpack resting
neatly against the school wall, marking Bridget's place at the front of
the line. I only remember because I thought it was unusual--my disaster
of a daughter doing anything other than chucking her backpack on the
ground, only to come to me in despair over her "lost" belongings.
Eight-twenty signaled the
I-don't-know-how-no-one-got-trampled-in-the-mad-chaos transition from
playground to classroom, and school was officially underway. As I
headed into Mrs. Hansen's room, I expected your usual Kindergarten
chatter, but instead, I saw a dozen little bodies huddled around that
familiar pink backpack, whispering excitedly. I knew it was something, I just wasn't expecting this....
Yep. Your eyes are not deceiving you. That is in fact, a baby bird, loving placed in a nest of blanket and stealthily brought to school in the bottom of an emptied-out, familiar pink backpack. This contraband turned into the ultimate show-and-tell for our little criminal, who's official street name is now Mama Bird.
2 comments:
Oh Wow. Very cool. Is it still alive though? I hope it survives. We found a baby bird when I was little and our veterinarian neighbor said to feed it bread crumbs in milk from a medicine dropper.
So funny how sneaky she was being. Aren't you glad that surprise came from your own daughter and not some random kid in the class?
Yes! Still alive! We called the Wildlife Refuge in Ogden and they said just to put it back in its nest. I guess the whole, "mommy bird won't come back after a human has touched it" is a total myth! haha...little stinker....
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