Once Upon A Time

Once upon a time there was a balcony. Now, on this balcony were several empty pots, which made a great home for two pretty pigeons. They lived there for many months, content as could be. Flying away when anyone came nearby, but flying back as soon as the coast was clear.

One day, the owner's of the balcony went on a trip and the door to the balcony accidently didn't get latched and blew open. No one was home for days, and upon coming home a pigeon was found living in the office inside the apartment. It had lived there for several days, not knowing how to get back outside, leaving it's feces over everything. The owners were surprised, put a towel over the pigeon and set it back on the balcony.

A while later the pigeon was still there, and the owners realized it's wing was probably broken. Plans were made to take it to a bird park the next day, but a few hours later the wing was healed (by God) and the bird flew off. A happy miracle.

Well, the owners assumed the bird would stay away. But nope - he came back. There used to be two pigeons, but now there was only one (the same from living inside) who still seemed content as could be. Then, one owner got an idea.

So, shopping two of the people went, to get plants to plant in all those empty pots. "HA!" thought Ellen, "Watch those pigeons come back now!" Soon, the balcony was overflowing with pretty plants, leaving no place for the pigeons to roost.

It took a few days, but sure enough, a few days later, the pigeon was back. And he wsn't alone - now there were two, once again. Still roosting, happy as can be.

** This is a true story! We have two pigeons who love our balcony so much that they won't go away! I find it cute, but Ellen finds it not so cute. And it's incredibly funny.