Tuesday, February 21, 2006
It was a sunny Sunday afternoon. My sister Catherine was in the living room studying and I was in my room waiting for Kookie to pick me up to go to Rockwell. I just finished getting ready when I heard Catherine's voice through my bedroom door.
"Oh my god."
I didn't mind her at first, thinking she was just talking to herself. She then opened my door and peeked inside.
"Ate, may maya sa laundry room."
Bewildered, I walked out of my room into the kitchen near the entrance to the laundry room. I slowly peeked through the glass panel on the door and there it was... a small brown bird, obviously in panic at having stumbled on unfamiliar territory.
I closed the laundry room door and glanced at my sister. It had flown through the window which was slightly opened and didn't know how to get out. We watched it as it frantically tried to find a way out, but to no avail. It just kept slamming against the glass window, onto the washing machine.
"We need to let it out." I told Catherine.
"Pabayaan nalang natin dyan," Catherine said nervously.
"Eh pano kung mamatay yan sa loob?" I said, growing more and more concerned about the bird's wellbeing (and at the thought of a tiny animal trapped and dying inside our condo). "Open the window para makalabas."
"Ba't ako? Ikaw na."
"Ikaw na, darating na si Kookie."
This bird was probably terrified out of its mind, and we were standing there, unwilling to go inside and open a small window.
"Ang daya ha." Catherine said frimly, "Jack en poy tayo." This how she and her friend usually settles disputes ending in stalemates, and this was obviously the fair way to settle ours.
"Fine." I retorted.
We held our fists in front of each other and started bouncing them. One, two three... I lost, to Catherine's obvious relief.
I took a deep breath and slowly slid into the room. Once inside, the bird frantically flew around the small room, inches within me, obviously panicing at having a strange presence inside the tiny room with it. I froze, frantic myself for the exact same reason. I shrieked and looked through the glass door through the kitchen. Catherine was watching my every move, obviously glad it wasn't her inside dealing with the tiny bird.
I went outside, shut the door, and thought for a minute.
"Bigyan nalang natin ng food para ma-distract while you open the window." Catherine suggested, still obviously glad she didn't have to open the damn window.
"Sige," I said. "Kuha ka ng bigas."
"Ba't bigas? Spaghetti nalang."
"Bigas nalang."
"Bigas? Kumakakain ba ang mga ibon ng bigas?!"
"Nakakita ka na ba ng ibon na kumakain ng spaghetti?!?" At this point, I was just worried that Kookie might be arriving already and would have to wait inside her car just because we were too chicken to let a little damn bird out.
Catherine paused for a second, realizing it made sense. She fetched a pinch of bigas, and tossed the grains inside the room.
I then slowly sneaked inside the door.
"Maglilinis ako ng condo pag napalabas mo yan," Catherine offered, trying to give me moral support.
The bigas trick seemed to work because the bird didn't mind my entering the room a second time. I slowly picked up a mop that was leaning on the wall and used the handle to push the window open. Once open all the way, I quickly left the room and shut the door to the laundry room.
We both watched as the bird finally flew out the window and we both heaved a sigh of relief.
I recounted the whole story to Kookie as we were driving to Rockwell a few minutes later. We were both laughing so hard at how idiotic our predicament was, and how even more idiotic the way we dealed with it was.
Oh well, at least we wouldn't have to deal with who would take care of disposing a dead bird inside the laundry room.
And thanks to Catherine who lived up to her word, the condo is spotless.
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