Parrot Aoi and Raven Ado

In the early morning, the sky was just getting bright, and a faint morning glow greeted the rising sun, and the red silk jumped into the sky like a jewel.

The faint light became stronger and stronger, shining in all directions through the clouds, and the corner of the dark attic, the side of the bird's nest on the low wooden bird stand, was gradually stained with the orange-red light of the rising sun.

In the bird's nest on the wooden shelf, a big bird with white feathers and a yellow crown was sleeping in it with its dark gray claws held up.

Different from the sleeping posture of other birds lying prone in the nest, the sleeping position of this bird is really strange. It is actually lying on its back in the nest like a human being, with its chest, abdomen and claws facing upwards, and the paws and the chest in front of the neck. There is also a small light orange square scarf covering the abdomen.

This big bird with a strange sleeping face is a great crested sunflower parrot. It may be strange for other birds to do this, but it is not surprising when it is placed on this bird.

The crested parakeet is a bird known for its longevity, especially the great crested parakeet.

No matter which subspecies it is, its life expectancy must be at least six or seventy years old, and there are not a few people who live past eighty.

This is the data obtained during field observations. If the domesticated ones are taken care of well, it may be possible to raise an old birthday star.

Because of its beautiful appearance and long life span, smart and good at learning tongues, etc., this kind of bird is very popular in the pet market. It is a kind of pet that can be kept for a lifetime, and maybe it can be passed on to the next generation.

After a long time of raising, pets will naturally start to imitate the living habits of their owners. Therefore, families with these long-lived birds will have some novelty or knowing things from time to time.

As the sun rose higher and higher in the sky, the orange-red light that originally shone on the bird's nest not only became lighter and brighter in color, but also darker and darker, and finally directly passed over the bird's nest and shone into the inside of the bird's nest.

Akui, who was awakened by the sunlight, kicked her bird claws, and the small square scarf that was originally covering her body was twisted and crooked.

Shaking his head left and right a few times, he was sure that he couldn’t shake the sunlight shining on his head no matter what. Ah Kui’s experience of staying in bed for many years told him that the time was almost up, and if he stayed there, he would miss the call to wake up the whole family this morning Here's the chance.

He straightened up and fell to the side, arched his body a few times inside the nest, bent his joints and leaned upwards, with the slightly messy crown on his head, shook his white feathers, and Aoi jumped to the edge of the rattan nest , adjusted the angle and spread its wings to fly.

The height of the small attic is very low, and the piles of things are a bit messy, but this is not a problem for Aoi, who has lived here for more than [-] years, even if he closes his eyes, he can successfully find the exit and fly outside.

Flying out of the window specially reserved for it at the attic side, Ah Kui took a deep breath of the clear air in the countryside in early spring, waved his wings and flew around the rented house of the Hayakawa family for a few times, then retracted his wings and landed on the building. The gate of the small third floor.

Step by step, it moved to the door with its two short, dark gray toe-toed legs.

Flying out of the attic and then entering through the gate, it seems a very inexplicable operation, but this big crested sunflower parrot does it once every morning, for nothing else but to spread its wings in the morning.

Pushing open the small door for pets to enter and exit with her head, Ah Kui got in. The first thing she did after entering the house was to take off again, hovering in the hall, taking a deep breath and resonating with her chest and throat, using the unique big crested sunflower parrot. Shouted hoarsely: "Good morning~, wake up~. Good morning~, wake up~."

Ah Kui's cry was not very pleasant, it was hissing like a hoarse voice after swallowing a mouthful of sorghum noodles.

But that is the case with the crested sunflower lorikeets, which are characterized by longevity, alertness, loud voices and hoarse voices.

Accompanied by this special alarm clock, the Hayakawa house, which was originally quiet and peaceful, immediately became agitated. In the room on the far right on the second floor, a young boy shouted through the door: "Aoi, it's you again."

Accompanied by the roar, the door was yanked open from the inside with a slam, and a tall, thin, slightly dark-skinned young man with a hedgehog head came out of the room angrily.

Hearing someone talking to her, Aoi adjusted her angle and flew to the second floor, and while circling over the boy's head, she replied in a loud voice, "Brother Aoi, it's impolite, Aoi is older than you~."

Aoi's words are right. She has been in Hayakawa's house for 31 years. Although she was sent to the owner as a playmate as a pet at that time, after more than 30 years, she has already become a part of this kind family. Members, this stinky boy standing underground was born and grew up watching him.

Hearing this, Hayakawa Doji irritatedly stroked the top of his head with his hands a few times, flattening his short hair that was full of disobedience and rebellion every morning.

However, as soon as this action was completed, the big crested sunflower parrot flying in the sky saw the opportunity, retracted its wings and slacked its shoulders, and made a dive, landing on the top of the boy's head that he had just slapped.

Suddenly feeling a sound above his head, Hayakawa Doji, who has received strict kendo training, subconsciously made a blocking action.

It's a pity that the crested sunflower parrot flying above his head really knows him too well. From the day this kid practiced sword, it has been watching him practice from the cherry blossom tree in the courtyard almost every day.

From a beginner to a champion, Aoi has witnessed the boy Tang Er's growth in kendo. For the two of them who have to fight from time to time, what kind of moves will each other have, and how will they respond to the next move? They all know it well.

After flying in the sky and harassing the boy for a few minutes, the crested sunflower parrot finally spotted a gap in the opponent's position and successfully landed on the boy's head.

The head suddenly sank, Hayakawa Tangji shook his head helplessly a few times, he was reluctant to throw the bird away, and finally he could only whisper to the parrot on his head angrily: "You must have become a sperm."

The young man would say this kind of thing almost every now and then, and not only him, but anyone who had seen Akui, the parrot, could not help but have this kind of suspicion.

There is no other reason, it is because this crested sunflower parrot is too smart.

Being able to talk and be cute is nothing, but being able to work, think and even judge the right or wrong of a thing is very rare for a bird.

An ornithologist who lived in the hotel once tested Aoi out of curiosity, and finally came to the conclusion that this crested sunflower parrot has at least the IQ of a human child aged eight or nine.

This is just a very conservative estimate, because the conditions here are simple, so the conclusions drawn are not so certain.

The expert later had the idea of ​​bringing Aoi back to the research institute for a more detailed IQ test, but was rejected by the Hayakawa family.

For them, Aoi is not only a pet but also a family member. How smart it is and why it is so smart, these things are not important to the Hayakawa family at all. The important thing is that Aoi is doing well in their house now. enough.

The white-feathered parrot standing on top of the boy went downstairs with him. Downstairs, beside the Japanese-style dining table, a little old man in a light gray old-style kimono was sitting upright at the dining table, reading this morning's newspaper.

The old man looked like he was in his early sixties, he was not tall and his skin was black and thin, but he looked dignified.

Next to the old man's legs are two furry guys lying on the left and right. One is a Shiba Inu whose body is lying on the tatami, but its head is raised up, and the attention is always on the owner. The other is a Fu, a pastoral cat with a round head, a round face and a round body, curled up on the cushion.

Xiao Shiba is a purebred Japanese Shiba Inu. It has the typical appearance of a Shiba Inu, with triangular ears, slightly eyed, black lips and nose, and a big shiny cape that wraps him from head to tail, leaving only his chest Abdominal reddish coat.

This little Shiba Inu is only three years old this year. It was brought home by Hayakawa Cheng two and a half years ago as a gift from him to his father.

Mr. Hayakawa, who had just decided to retire at that time, was very uncomfortable with the life of doing nothing after retirement. After obtaining the consent of the old man, his eldest son Chengyi brought back this outstanding Shiba Inu, hoping that it could relieve his father's boredom.

The arrival of Xiaochai has brought a lot of happiness to the Hayakawa family, and it seems to know why it came to the Hayakawa family. In addition to being very friendly and friendly to everyone in the family, it is even more loyal to the old Mr. Hayakawa.

Hayakawa Doji, who was wearing a parrot, was about to go to the bathroom. When he passed by the restaurant, he greeted his father, "Good morning, father."

Mr. Hayakawa, who was reading the newspaper, turned his head to look at his youngest son and replied, "Morning."

Walking through the corridor in front of the restaurant, as soon as he reached the door of the bathroom, before Hayakawa Doji pushed the door, the door of the bathroom was opened from the inside.

Walking out of the door was an adult man with a medium build and good facial features. In appearance, he was four or five points similar to the tall and strong boy outside the door.

"Good morning, brother."

Hayakawa Douji greeted the person who came out of it and said so.

"Good morning, Tang Er. Hey, Aoi, be careful."

Before Hayakawa Chengichi had finished speaking, the cockatoo that had landed on the top of Tanger's head suddenly flew up, screaming hoarsely in excitement, and flew towards its owner.

When Hayakawa saw this, he immediately raised his right arm, bent his elbow at a right angle, and made a shelf. The flying cockatoo skillfully landed on his right forearm, then shook his head and moved a step at a time. From there, he walked up the arms, jumped onto the shoulders, twisted his body and rubbed his head against Hayakawa Chengichi's cheek, and didn't care that the crown of his head was messed up.

The gray pair of toes carefully grasped the owner's shoulder, and the parrot said sweetly while rubbing: "Good morning Chengyi~, master, goodmoming.~"

As a crested sunflower parrot who has worked as a receptionist in the hotel lobby for more than [-] years, Ah Kui is well-informed.

In addition to the native language, the cockatoo, which is very demanding of itself, has also taught itself many languages ​​​​of other countries.

Although most of them are simple phrases such as hello, good morning, Gong Xi Fa Cai or auspicious words, but this is enough for it to be proud of.

The crested sunflower parrot has a long, soft and hard feather crest rubbing against his cheeks and neck. Hayakawa couldn't help but chuckled a few times, and stroked the parrot's head with his hand. Cheng Yi returned to the dining room together with his best friend who had grown up with wings.

At this time, there was another young woman in the dining room. She was about thirties. She was not the kind of big beauty who would surprise people at first sight, but she was fair-skinned and gentle. Look more comfortable temperament beauty.

This time, Bird's reaction was faster than people's. Aoi, who was standing on Hayakawa Chengyi's shoulder, saw the lady and immediately said, "Mrs. Senyu, good morning~."

Chihiro Hayakawa, who was clearing the dining table, replied with a smile, "Good morning, Aoi."

After saying this, she poked her head out towards the kitchen and asked, "Mom, I'll help you make breakfast."

As soon as she finished asking, the woman holding the plate pushed open the kitchen door and said with a smile: "No need, breakfast is already ready, go and wake Michelle up."

Hayakawa Chihiro glanced at her husband when she heard the words, and seeing her husband beckoning him to call his daughter, she walked over to help her mother-in-law serve the dishes.

Seeing that the owner was going to do something, the great cockatoo winked and didn't get in the way. When it flew up and landed on the bird shelf next to it, it still didn't forget to say in its characteristic loud voice: "Mrs. Huizi, good morning, thank you for your hard work~."

This kind-looking woman is the head wife of the Hayakawa family, and she is the only one in the entire Hayakawa family who wakes up earlier than Aoi every day.

For decades, she has carefully taken care of everyone in the family, and the three meals a day for each life. Even after her daughter-in-law came in, she still insisted on doing these things by herself, treating her daughter-in-law as a daughter. .

Based on the income of the Hayakawa family, she can actually live the life of a rich wife without having to work so hard every day, but this lady is unwilling. For her, taking care of the family is the most important thing in her life. How can I entrust it to others?

When the breakfast was ready, Mrs. Qianyu led a five or six-year-old girl into the dining room.

The well-dressed, kawaii-looking little girl politely said good morning to the elders in the family, and then happily ran to the bird stand to hug the bird.

Aoi and the little girl Miyuki are obviously very familiar with each other. As soon as they saw each other's gestures, the sunflower parrot immediately spread its wings and carefully and slowly fell into the little girl's open arms.

The little girl with doll hair put her arms around a big white parrot that was almost a third of her height, and said excitedly, "Ah Kui, do you miss me?"

Being pressed on Miyuki's fleshy belly, Sunflower allowed the little girl to 'ravage/ravage' at will with the demeanor of an elder.

But after hearing the little girl's name for herself, the sunflower parrot used its dark gray hook-shaped beak to gently nibble the little girl's hair and said: "It's called sunflower uncle~, come, read with the bird." , uncle~~, Uncle Kui~."

For the 32-and-a-half-year-old Aoi, no matter in the animal world or in the human children's side, it is already an undisputed uncle.

As for why it wants to speak English with the little girl, it's not because it wants to show something, it's purely because Michelle's kindergarten opened an English class this year, in order to cooperate with the little master's study, the crested sunflower parrot will do this.

Cooperating with the owner to learn English, which is unbelievable to other birds, is nothing to Aoi.

After all, counting from his master's side, to Tang Er and Miyuki's little master, Aoi is always in charge of accompanying her at home.

After more than [-] years of exposure, even a silly bird can memorize some things mechanically, let alone a genius among birds.

After breakfast, the Hayakawa family each started their day. The retired head of the family, Grandpa Hayakawa, stepped on wooden clogs and opened the door. He was going to go out for a walk, digest the food, and play Go with his old friend Mr. Fukuda.

Behind him, Shiba Inu Xiaoshiba followed him leisurely with his tongue sticking out at a distance of one step. His curly tail was rolled on his back like an egg roll, and he seemed to be in a very good mood when he shook it.

Hayakawa Chengyi put on the uniform work clothes of the hotel and strode towards the hot spring hotel. Although their old house was built on the same land as the hot spring hotel, there was still a distance between them.

The road up the mountain was very time-consuming, and Hayakawa Chengichi was a little late to go out today, so he had to walk quickly in order not to be late.

Above his head, there is a sunflower parrot that is also going to work in a hot spring hotel. Aoi hovers high and low above his master's head. With a dexterous control of his body, he always pays attention to the distance between himself and his master.

Outside the gate, wearing a school uniform and carrying a schoolbag, Hayakawa Douji was holding a mountain bike all the way out of the house, turned on the road, got on the mountain bike and rode all the way to the school down the mountain.

After he left, Hayakawa Chihiro, who was dressed, took her daughter who was also carrying a schoolbag and wearing a little yellow hat to go out. She was going to send her daughter to the stroller in the kindergarten before going to work in her unit.

After the family left one after another, Grandma Hayakawa came out of the kitchen after cleaning up the leftovers.

As usual, after cleaning up the house, she came to the viewing platform on the second floor with a teapot and refreshments.

This is a small greenhouse. The wooden walls and floors are warm and natural. Viewing windows are built on the east and west walls, and large floor-to-ceiling windows are inlaid on them. When people are in this greenhouse, they almost feel You can see all the scenery up and down the mountain.

Sitting silently in the warm room, drinking tea and admiring the beautiful scenery outside the window, looking at the cherry blossoms hanging all over the branches outside, Grandma Hayakawa stroked Ah Fu who was lying on her lap and said with a smile: "The cherry blossoms are blooming, and it is It's spring."

Ah Fu, who has lived in Hayakawa's house for seven years and is always praised by the old lady for his good looks, licked the hostess' hand, squinted his eyes to enjoy the caress, and let out a purring cry from his throat.