Adios Amigo
The strength of my family has come down by 1 ( only physically ofcourse ) … The most energetic member of the family … The most adorable and the most selfless … Well he is no more with us anymore … The stupid parrot that has seen 3 springs along with us has completed his term … He is gone … And unlike last time , when he flew away , I could not even hope for him to fly back in the next morning … because it ain’t possible … He is not coming back … Gone … Never to return ..
Now I very well know the reason why he was behaving so abnormally since the last few months … Why was he sleeping so much … Why he was no more the energetic sonic he used to be … Why was he not attacking people with the same exuberance he used to display earlier … Why was he so reluctant to leave his cage … He had grown old … 3 years is a very short life span for us … But was certainly long enough for the particular species he belonged to …
I always prayed to God to grant him a natural death … painless … the one everyone wishes for … And that is the very thing he got … But the thing that is really bothering me is that I could not see him for one last time … Neither was he able to see me … I was told that he was continuously repeating my name in his last moments … the thing he never did unless I was physically present or was on a call …First time he was calling me in my absence … Hoping against all the hopes that I would apparate in somehow ..!!!
Last week I decided to blog about him … after 3 long years something struck me that I need to share this story … I did the same … And within a week the hero of the story expired … Yes he was certainly the hero … and I just played a side role …
Everyone’s voice at home was clearly lacking energy when I talked to them … After all they spent 24 hours with him … And must be missing him like hell … Coz he was the one who kept the spirit of the entire place on such a high … I can’t even imagine how the house would be like without that stupid bird shouting at the top of his voice … the entire day long … without any reason … without any motive … just babbling around coz he loved to do the same … waking everyone up as soon as the first ray of Sun kissed the Earth … scolding my mum even if the food is a minute late … eying my sis suspiciously … trying to make out if she was eating something without giving him his proper share … debating with my dad on every possible topic that he could think of … And welcoming me at vacations and bidding a proper goodbye everytime I came and went …
Everytime when papa will be making his way back from his office … He will unintentionally stop at the shop he used to buy him something or the other to eat … and then will realize that its of no use anymore …
Everytime when my mother will be serving everyone food … she will , out of the habit , serve some for him too … in a plate that was much smaller than the other four … and then will realize that the food will only go waste …
And my sister … well she was the one he was closest to … Its going to be real hard for her to learn living without him … She has already been crying for the last two days … When he stopped moving after his final words , she was unwilling to let him go so easily … Hoping that he was sleeping and would suddenly fly away … But it was not to be …
She was always very reluctant to agree whenever we planned a vacation … trying to make one excuse or the other … In reality she was worried about who will take care of him in her absence … Well now once he is gone she has nothing to worry about … and no more digging out excuses … But I know she would have preferred no vacations in his presence to vacations in his absence …
My father would be no more troubled by cleaning his cage and all the mess he caused … But I know he would have preferred to be troubled than this lack of duty … anyday …
My mother would no more be disturbed in sleep by his timeless squawking … But I know she would have always preferred an interrupted sleep to his absence …
And when it comes to me … I remember just one thing when I think about him … That little innocent creature … lying in my palms … looking at me with his tiny eyes … thanking me in his own language … The language I understood so well … The language I am going to miss very very badly now …
Rest in Peace mate … you were an awesome buddy … and I would like to thank the crow who attacked you and arranged our meeting … Destiny they say … Yes you made me believe in destiny … You were certainly the God’s gift to my family …
I can proudly say that he was , is and will be the most energetic and fearless bird I have ever come across …!!! … Dead you might be … but only physically … and we all know that very well .. Don’t we ???? … 🙂 🙂 🙂
More about him – http://www.indiantripper.com/a-parrots-tale-2/
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Really sad to hear this Harsh!! Just a week back, I was enthralled looking at his video, and you say he is no more.. finding it hard to believe.. I can imagine how bad your family must have felt at his loss.. take care
thnx AK … 🙂
Really, I am very sorry to listen this sad news. Yesterday, when I met my fried and your father SP Singh and listen about this trajic news, we all stunned. I also came across whith this amazing bird sometimes in the past. I can’t forget the day when I was at your home and the parraot was sitting on my hand, I used to wear a bracelet in my hand and the bird was trying to snatch it from my hand. HE was so beautiful and cute alongwith his intelegence that could not be explained. I also used to talk him on phone one day as after your call he was crying to talk with you and my friend used to make a call to me to get some talk with THE BIRD. HE was using to call “PAPA HAIN” few times and when I asked his how he was, HE replied “TEEKH HAIN”.
May GOD rest his pious soul in peace and a provide the power to bear this loss to your family.
thnx uncle .. 🙂 🙂 🙂 …
Really sad to hear this 🙁 Only recently we read about him and went “awww…” “wow” and “what a hero” and stuff.
This is really really sad…
“waking everyone up as soon as the first ray of Sun kissed the Earth … scolding my mum even if the food is a minute late … eying my sis suspiciously … trying to make out if she was eating something without giving him his proper share … debating with my dad on every possible topic that he could think of … And welcoming me at vacations and bidding a proper goodbye everytime I came and went …” This bit was super touching!
Hugs to the family!
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This is why it is hard to keep pets especially those who have such short life spans 🙁
the worst part :'(
I was shocked to see this post…….. R.I.P ol’ mitthu. It is very hard to deal with the sudden void esp people who stay with the pet 24 hrs……I remember my bulbul’s voice used to ring in my ears days after he passed away. Anyways, the memories they leave behind are the best and they never cease to exist in our mind.
and I am still to plan a trip back home … dont know how the post mitthu period would be like …