*********************************************************************** "Look at that tiny head," thought Jimmy, staring at his pet pigeon. "It sure jerks around a lot. Huh, I guess it's got a brain, though -- probably like a bb or something."
Jimmy loved his pigeon and had raised him from a squab. His parents didn't like the bird sleeping in the bedroom, but occasionally they relented and the pigeon, named Andy, would sleep on the pillow next to his head. When they would go outside Andy would fly around and exercise his wings, but always return to Jimmy's shoulder, much to the amazement (and envy) of his friends.
The pigeon's take on all of this is anybody's guess. Probably if it had been touched with a magic wand, permitting it to communicate to Jimmy and his family and friends, it would have said something like, "I'm not what you think I am, I'm not what you think I am."
A bond was there, though, between Jimmy and Andy and Jimmy felt protective and loving toward Andy. Andy, in his turn, would indeed never fly off, or at least only briefly and from time to time, but always return, much to the agonized relief of Jimmy.
The mystery in all this is what was really happening? For Jimmy of course, everything was clear. He loved the pigeon and fed it and worried about it, but for everyone else, Andy was mostly a pain in the neck hassle indulged in because of Jimmy. But how would Jimmy have responded to Andy's magic communication of, "I'm not what you think I am, I'm not what you think I am"? Which of course was perfectly true.
For Jimmy, Andy was a miniaturized person with feathers. And then there's the love and that love was REAL, just like the love between Jimmy and his dog. The love between children and their pets isn't so easily discounted -- with or without magic wand communications from the animals.
Speaking of which, here IS a magic wand, so let's touch Andy, and see what happens:
Andy: Talking with you, communicating with you, means I'm doing it on your terms. After all, I'm using your language.
us: Yes, that's true, but perhaps you can teach us something nevertheless.
Andy: Very well. Where's Jimmy?
Jimmy: Here I am Andy, I love you.
Andy: What does that mean?
Jimmy: Oh, silly, you know what it means. It means I love you and I always want to feed you and protect you.
Andy: This is very difficult for me, Jimmy. I think I love you too -- even though you don't have feathers or a beak.
Jimmy: But Andy, that's what's so wonderful about love. You can be so very, very different and still love each other.
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