My friend Ezri asked me a question the other day. She wanted to know if, as a human trapped in a parrot body, I ever escape my parrot body. Why would I want to do that? Let me tell you, being parrot-sized is pretty great. I am going to tell you the top 3 reasons it is great to be parrot-sized.
THE TOP 3 REASONS IT IS GREAT TO BE PARROT-SIZED
Number 1 Reason it is Great to be Parrot-sized:
Hanging out under big wings.
I can hang out under the wings of my flock members, and other people I trust. I love doing this. This is Mark. I love him a lot, even though he once tried to feed me a bug (see Eating post for more on that).
Number 2 Reason it is Great to be Parrot-sized:
I travel with my entire room!
It’s easy to take me on road trips. Can you take your bed with you on a trip? All of your toys? I can. I can take my entire room with me when we travel. My cage fits in the back seat of the car.
Number 3 Reason it is Great to be Parrot-sized:
Riding on shoulders. So awesome.
I love to hang out on people’s shoulders. Riding around, singing together, or just hanging out. On a shoulder, I get free transportation all over the house. I get to be part of every conversation, and can watch what everyone is doing. Sometimes I just roost there, puffing up like a little green down pillow.
Are you small enough to ride around on someone’s shoulder? Pretty fun, right? Unfortunately, the larger human usually gets tired eventually. Well, imagine this: what if you weighed only a 1/4 of a pound? That’s how much I weigh, and I get to ride around and hang out on shoulders for hours!
As a matter of fact, I can sit a lot of places that you can’t. Like on the end of someone’s knee. That is especially useful when I want to be right in the middle of a group of people. Like this:
What else?
Can you think of other reasons it is great to be parrot-sized? Share them with me!
Love,
Norbert
4 replies on “The Benefits of Being Small”
Ezri says being parrot sized would be good for hide and seek. Have you ever hidden anywhere small?
I have a fleece hammock in the back of my cage, it is called a happy hut. I like to hide in there a lot. If you make a tent with a blanket, I might crawl in and hide there with you. We can cuddle and tell secrets.
It’s great because you can’t swallow up a human or eat a palm tree or eat a house! Crazy!
Abram, you must know some REALLY big birds! Eating trees and houses! I would never eat someone’s house. Not even if I was big enough to do it.