"Ling" - Hand Feeding a Baby Starling

My eyes were shut for all of a minute, when the human woman comes into the lounge with what seems could feed the nest upstairs. She gently nudges me to see if I'm awake. If there's food I'm awake.
She then ever so gently puts her hands under me and closes them around me mumbling something to do with Reiki. She kept drawing little signs and I, kept thinking it was food. I still could not make out everything 100% yet. Especially if it kept moving around.
Then she lowered me over to one hand and down to the couch where her jersey was. I was left standing practically on one foot on her hand. I was OK with that.
The next thing she whips out this gigantic syringe. I mean what was she thinking? Did she care how I would react to a great big strange looking thing coming flying my way. Did she think I was born with the knowledge of this.
No, she was expecting me to react by opening my mouth.
Anyway with a bit of training I got her to start putting little bits onto the sides of my mouth. Gently She would drizzle some amazingly delicious concoction on the sides of my mouth and the juices would slip slowly into my mouth.
Hey! Wait a minute. I know she smells like the garden, but what's that other smell. I know that smell. That smells like that dogs breath. So that's what that was. Dog food mixed with water. At first I thought the water had just suddenly become very thick. Aye! Clever human. Who would have known. I, for one would never had dreamed of you giving me, a bird, dog food. Had I not been picked up by that dog with his mouth. The idea made me dizzy and so I shouted out "Hey! How about some applesauce or mashed worm!" Heh! Heh! That should get her thinking.
She paid me no mind and kept trying to get that food down my throat, murmuring "Piep! Piep!" like I was some kind of an idiot. I understand you woman, but why can't you understand me?
Well I suppose it is just as well because as soon as I can fly I am out of here. All I smell is that dog and some other kind of dog which she refers to as "Musch, Musch". Pretty nimble little fellow. I think he is pretending to ignore me. Just saying. Every now and again I find him looking at me very peculiarly.
And that big overgrown monster of a dog, well, he seems more confused than any trouble really. Always fussing when someone or something comes near me. Like he is trying to protect me, or something. Maybe this won't be so bad here after all. I'll just setup headquarters over here and gather up that take charge attitude I know I must have, and,...and,... Ooh! I'm getting sleepy now. What was in that stuff she was feeding...zzzzz

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"Ling" - the Baby Starling

I woke up this morning with the feeling that every thing was going to go my way. I hopped about the nest and finally manage to get out and onto the roof. I was so proud of myself. So much so that I did not take note of the wind. I had just managed to get a steady footing when a great big gush of wind knocked me over. I rolled and slid and then I was in the air. Yes! Yes! I was thinking and stretched my wings to fly. But I was too little to fly.
I fell down, down and I could see the ground coming up at me, with a speed. Then, bump. I fell onto a soft, springy tuft of grass in the beautiful garden below, and bump, bump, and roll, roll and then stop.
I jumped up and shook myself off. Whew! That was close. I stopped to admire the garden I had seen from the nest above. It was more beautiful up close. So there will be no flying for me for a while then, I thought. A little more practice first, I thought. I made my way over to the fish pond which I had seen from above. I was poking my head just over the edge...
All of a sudden this great big ferocious looking dog comes bounding out of the house. Hair flaying as he ran. He sees me and turns to rush my way. This is not my day, I thought, and looking around, could see no place to hide, so I did the next best thing. I ducked my head and hoped for the best.
Great big jaws opened with big white flashing teeth as he came towards me.
All of a sudden I was in his mouth and drifting up into the air. To my amazement I was not getting sore and this felt like some kind of ride. His mouth was slightly open and I could see outside. He was not hurting me at all, just carrying me around.
Then I saw through his large teeth, a female human. She came running out of the house shouting at the dog to "let it go"and "put it down".
He hesitated at first and then after a little more persuasion he opened his mouth and gently put me down on the ground.
Bad dog blah! blah! blah!...and I was whisked up and away from the ground and then rushed into the house. Strange nests these humans have I thought. She took me inside and put me on a table.
First came the inspection. Had I been hurt? Checking all my limbs to see if anything was broken. Pulling my little wings out gently to see if they were OK. Chirping loudly in objection did not help. All it got me was a "Oh! Shame. Are you hungry?" Now who would be hungry after an ordeal like that?
With that I saw her jersey come off and the next thing I was bundled up in it and placed on the couch. Nothing to complain about. It was soft and cozy. But I was still in shock from all the activity. I tried to settle down. I was just dozing off when she came back in to feed me.

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