May You Rest In Peace

This couple of weeks has been  a very pleasant journey with the birds being near our home. The family has blossomed as the mother gave birth to 2 new born birdies... Each time I took a look at them, I would be thrilled when the birdies popped out their head from the small hole of the nest asking for food.... The mother of course wasn't there with them as she searched for worms as the source of food for these two cutey pies....

However, there was just one day when the mother was gone in search of food that a black neighbouring stray cat passed by our garage. The cat was at once attracted to the sound of the baby birds chirping and so, without any hesitation, she quietly crept towards their nest and  BANG!! The damage cannot be undone as the coil surrounding the plant was bent and crashed followed by the nest being torn to pieces.

By the time my mother came to the rescue as she heard the sound from the living room, it was too late. One of the bird has actually been killed while the other survived. Left with only one survivor, my mum hurriedly scrammed the cat away with the water hose. I returned being shocked of the news but was glad that one tiny bird survived and so I made her a comfortable temporary nest for her.

Unfortunately, it didn't go well as I expected. I was at the kitchen anticipating for her mother to fetch her only survivor and because of my curiosity, I might have taken the life of a bird away by accident. I opened the door to the garage when the mother bird was surprised by my presence at which she might have dropped her one and only baby..... When I picked up the baby bird from the floor, it was to no avail that the bird was dead as it had sprained its back or the head receiving a thump onto the ground. 

I have no other choice, feeling disbelief of what had actually happened. But, my mum told me that it is best to bury them in the ground for the mother's sake.... As we were digging up a small hole of the ground to place the deceased, I was sad to see that the mother had to see their child being dead and buried on the very same day it happened. Left with nothing more we can do, my mum finally placed a cross where the baby birds were buried...If only I hadn't gone out there, then a life would have been spared.

Sometimes life is just like that, there are certain unexpected things that we can't predict in life and this is what the birds have taught me..... We might be enjoying today  but what comes next is really unpredictable and ambiguous. So, I pray that the birds will  rest in peace and I thanked them for the wonderful moments we had shared together.....