There's a Bird on my Bed!!

This is what Madelyn came upstairs screaming on Sunday morning. Fortunately, she hadn't slept there the night before. Apparently Boy (the cat) gnawed on this poor boy before leaving him for dead a bit too early. We scooped the bird into the recently vacated hamster cage (if you're visiting us and a small creature runs over your toes, Madelyn would love to know).

The kids dug worms which the poor creature gulped down, but it wasn't enough to save the poor thing. We found him face down in the cage on Monday morning.

He was tenderly buried in the dumpster after the morning garbage collection and we took comfort in knowing that we had tried to ease the pain of his last day on earth.

Needless to say, Madelyn wouldn't sleep in her bed until every pillow and stuffed animal had been carefully cleaned.