Adottybird
07-14-2006, 11:24 PM
It was late in the evening and my Father was home alone, so he thought he would have a nice quiet bath. My Dad would put liquid dish soap in his bath water, he said so the tub wouldn’t have a ring around it! Yeah right, I think he just like the bubbles.
Dad had turn all the lights out in the house except for the one in the bathroom and as my Father lay soaking in the tub he both heard and felt “plop”. Dad sat upright with the mad chattering of my budgie Peter. Thank goodness my Dad was able to rescue Peter from the hot bath water and all the bubbles. Peter was rinse off under the clean tap water and put on the bathroom floor to dry off. Peter was one very mad budgie; my Father wasn’t too happy either.
Several weeks later my Father did the same thing again. Only this time as Peter made his way to the bathroom he saw the bathtub it was like he stop flying in mid beat of the wing. Guess where he landed this time….in the toilet bowl !! Now my Dad had to get out of the tub and retrieved Peter. Once again Peter was rinse off under clear tap and put on the bathroom floor to dry off.
After the second time around my Father never left the bathroom door open when he was home alone. Now I know what you are thinking, why didn’t anyone just shut Peter in his cage. Well I take no blame for that, as I was just a child. However my parents’ just change the way things were done for the pets in our home. Peter was never again left in the dark without the last person who was going to bed telling Peter it was time for him to go in his cage. “Good night Peter” and then the lights were turn off.
Dotty
Dad had turn all the lights out in the house except for the one in the bathroom and as my Father lay soaking in the tub he both heard and felt “plop”. Dad sat upright with the mad chattering of my budgie Peter. Thank goodness my Dad was able to rescue Peter from the hot bath water and all the bubbles. Peter was rinse off under the clean tap water and put on the bathroom floor to dry off. Peter was one very mad budgie; my Father wasn’t too happy either.
Several weeks later my Father did the same thing again. Only this time as Peter made his way to the bathroom he saw the bathtub it was like he stop flying in mid beat of the wing. Guess where he landed this time….in the toilet bowl !! Now my Dad had to get out of the tub and retrieved Peter. Once again Peter was rinse off under clear tap and put on the bathroom floor to dry off.
After the second time around my Father never left the bathroom door open when he was home alone. Now I know what you are thinking, why didn’t anyone just shut Peter in his cage. Well I take no blame for that, as I was just a child. However my parents’ just change the way things were done for the pets in our home. Peter was never again left in the dark without the last person who was going to bed telling Peter it was time for him to go in his cage. “Good night Peter” and then the lights were turn off.
Dotty