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Based in Minneapolis - St. Paul (Twin Cities) area of Minnesota and serving Midwest." border="0" vspace="5" width="325" height="106"></a></p> </td> <td align="right" valign="top" > <p class="head2"> </p> <p class="head2"> </p> <p class="head2">P.O. Box 821 · Stillwater, MN 55082 </p> <p class="head2">Phone: (651) 275-0568 · Fax: (651) 275-0457 </p> <p class="head2">E-mail: <a href="mailto:birds@maars2.org">birds@maars2.org</a> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" background="../../images/backgroundmediumbluestripes.gif"> <tr> <td valign="middle" align="left" class="head2"> Captive Bird Rescue, Adoption, Sanctuary & Care Education </td> <td valign="middle" align="right" class="head1">Resources </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="140" align="left" valign="top" background="../../images/backgroundsides.gif"> <p class="body0"><img src="../../images/spaceholder130.gif" width="130" height="10"></p> <p class="body0"> </p> </td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="100%"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right"> <tr> <td><?php print rotate_images(); ?></td> </tr> </table> <p class="subhead1">The Rescue's Song</p> <p class="subhead4">by <a href="mailto:JArcher107@aol.com"> Judith Archer</a></p> <p class="body12">Will you take me home with you?</p> <p class="body0">I can't promise I'll be good</p> <p class="body0">No one has taught me how to act</p> <p class="body0">Or behave as a parrot "should." <p class=body12>My owner didn't treat me right</p> <p class=body0>He said that I was "bad"</p> <p class=body0>He never forgave me that first bite</p> <p class=body0>After that, he was always mad.</p> <p class=body12>He shoved me back into my cage</p> <p class=body0>And so I started to scream</p> <p class=body0>Then he hit me in a rage</p> <p class=body0>And my life became a bad dream</p> <p class=body12>So now I scream and yes, I bite</p> <p class=body0>I'm angry and misunderstood</p> <p class=body0>But please, please take me home with you</p> <p class=body0>Love me and I'll be good.</p> <p class=body12>Please let me come home with you</p> <p class=body0>And spend some time with me</p> <p class=body0>I can be sweet again I know</p> <p class=body0>Take me home, you'll see.</p> <p class=body0> </p> <hr width="50%" align="left"> <p class=body12>My first owner swore at me</p> <p class=body0>I learned to say things back</p> <p class=body0>So now my words are crude and rude</p> <p class=body0>Please cut me some slack.</p> <p class=body12>If you let me come home with you</p> <p class=body0>I'll learn some nicer speech</p> <p class=body0>If you are kind and give me time</p> <p class=body0>I'll change my vulgar screech.</p> <p class=body12>I'm really just a baby</p> <p class=body0>And so misunderstood</p> <p class=body0>Please let me come home with you</p> <p class=body0>I can learn to be good.</p> <p class=body0> </p> <hr width="50%" align="left"> <p class=body12>My owner just HAD to have me</p> <p class=body0>She thought I was "way cool"</p> <p class=body0>But now she doesn't have time for me</p> <p class=body0>She's busy with boys and school.</p> <p class=body12>That's why I began to pluck</p> <p class=body0>I'm not pretty anymore</p> <p class=body0>I won't be much of an ornament</p> <p class=body0>If that's what you're looking for.</p> <p class=body12>I may never grow new feathers</p> <p class=body0>My chest may always be bare,</p> <p class=body0>But my soul I know could heal itself</p> <p class=body0>If only someone would care.</p> <p class=body0> </p> <hr width="50%" align="left"> <p class=body12>I once belonged to a sailor</p> <p class=body0>Together we roamed the sea</p> <p class=body0>Then he needed some money</p> <p class=body0>So he decided to sell me.</p> <p class=body12>I don't know how it happened</p> <p class=body0>Maybe I'd just gotten "old"</p> <p class=body0>I looked at him with love</p> <p class=body0>He looked at me and saw gold.</p> <p class=body12>So I was sold to a breeder</p> <p class=body0>Who introduced me to my mate</p> <p class=body0>We produced chicks for nine years</p> <p class=body0>I was pleased with my fate</p> <p class=body12>But then I developed an illness</p> <p class=body0>And I could no longer produce</p> <p class=body0>She took my mate away from me</p> <p class=body0>She said I was no use.</p> <p class=body12>You might think that after nine years</p> <p class=body0>I had earned some rest</p> <p class=body0>But she couldn't be bothered to keep me</p> <p class=body0>To her I was a pest.</p> <p class=body12>It wasn't anything I asked for</p> <p class=body0>It wasn't anything I did</p> <p class=body0>She sent me off to an auction</p> <p class=body0>To be sold at the highest bid.</p> <p class=body12>Who will buy a bird like me</p> <p class=body0>Neither breeder nor a pet</p> <p class=body0>It doesn't matter to my owner</p> <p class=body0>She'll take what she can get.</p> <p class=body12>Could you, would you bid on me?</p> <p class=body0>Can I come home with you?</p> <p class=body0>I'd give anything to have a home</p> <p class=body0>Is there nothing I can do?</p> <p class=body0> </p> <hr width="50%" align="left"> <p class=body12>My last owner died and left me</p> <p class=body0>She said that she'd made plans</p> <p class=body0>But she never followed through on them</p> <p class=body0>And I've fallen into bad hands.</p> <p class=body12>Please overlook my failings</p> <p class=body0>Please end this pain and strife</p> <p class=body0>Please, please take me home with you</p> <p class=body0>I'll be your friend for life.</p> <p class=body12>My owner's kids didn't want me</p> <p class=body0>They called every shelter in town</p> <p class=body0>They've gotten an answer from one</p> <p class=body0>That offered to put me down.</p> <p class=body12>After forty-five years of love</p> <p class=body0>Can this be the end?</p> <p class=body0>Is there no one out there</p> <p class=body0>Who wants a lifetime friend?</p> <p class=body12>Will you take me home with you</p> <p class=body0>And let me be your friend?</p> <p class=body0>Please let me come home with you</p> <p class=body0>I deserve a better end. click here for picture</p> <p class=body12>Please take me home and treat me right</p> <p class=body0>And let our friendship grow</p> <p class=body0>Please let me come home with you</p> <p class=body0>This time it will work, I know. <p class=body12> <p class="body12" align="left"><i><font color="#006600">Copyright © 2001 by <a href="mailto:JArcher107@aol.com">Judith Archer</a>. 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