subject: A Remarkable Wooden Bird [print this page] Im a wooden bird who has pretty feather and perfect figure. Among the wooden embellishments in Allens house, I clearly that Im the best one, I can feel this from his eyes when he stared me every time. Though, in most of humans eyes Im just a wooden bird , I know that Im different from any other decorations in Allens house, in my eyes all other decorations are stupid including the cheap ink pads and cheap scrapbook albums, we three are made by Allens father who died when Allen was only 6 years old.
Allens father was a gorgeous handicrafts men, Is his last work in this world. It seems that there is an invisible ribbon combine Allen and me, so I always think I was a remarkable wooden bird. I have a dream that one day I can be a bird spirit to accompany Allen every day. After Allens father was died, his mother was so busy on the work; she always comes home after 24:00. Every night, Allen waits for his mothers night kiss but too tired to fall asleep. I felt very sad when I saw this, I hope I were human who can talking with him, he is so lonely.
One day, I felt Allen is different, he dont talk with me and brings a little beautiful girl to his house, and they play a game named prince and princes. Allen seems very happy that he even shows his decayed tooth which ever hated by him .Watching this, I feel very sad, how I wish I can be the girl who can give her smile. At the following days, Allen sometimes brings the girl to his family; sometimes comes to the girls home. He never thinks about my feeling. I tell my feeling to the cheap ink pad, she said in this world only one people can turn me into human, but I need to give something for exchange. She persuade me not to do this stupid thing, human is the most terrible creature in this world, they are not worthy of this. My love to human is so deep and Im really tired of being a wooden decoration, if I want to go outside, I have to take this risk.
I exchange my beautiful feather for human body. The witch tells me that I must turn back before winter comes, otherwise I will die, because a bird cannot live without his feather. My dream seems come true that I find an excuse to be Allens best friend; I even live in his house. Allen says he never saw such a beautiful girl like me. Allen told everything to me including his happy and sadness. We play all kind of games, in every game, he acts the prince, Im the princes, and Allen said he will marry me when we grow up. What makes me very happy is that he says he used to have a pretty wooden bird but lost, he finds it everywhere but no clue. I really want to tell him that Im the wooden bird but I scare that I will lose him.
Time flashes, winter is approaching while we cannot leave each other, the cold weather makes me very weak, I stayed in my bedroom all day, Allen sitting on the edge of my bed and talking stories. The cheap ink pad has worn me many times to turn back or I will die. But I dont want to leave Allen. His tender eyes and warm huge is everything for me. When Allen feels my worries, he always thinks it is his false. I missed the chance to turn back again and again, and my body becomes weaker and weaker, finally, in a snowy day, I died in Allens arms, I will never forget his sad face.
My body was buried in a beautiful tomb near Allens father, he always staring my tomb and cried heavily. I am now just a soul attached to the cheap ink pads body, the poor cheap ink pad exchanges his beautiful cold for my soul. I still living in Allens house but I can never say one word with him, I am just looking at him every day, tears running down my face. I am just a wooden bird, but Im more than a wooden bird.
