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Finch Dreams
by Charley Magnetti
Well, had papers to grade last night so was burning the midnight oil after a trip to Taco Bell...Was reading along with the
door open (always a mistake) when I heard a familiar flutter of wings....well the flutter of wings was familiar, but I had never
seen the bird before. A baby finch had fluttered in the room after 1 AM....
He was very large, but mush have been the last out of the nest hiding behind or under siblings because his pied markings were very
distinctive and I would have noticed him....He sat on a pile of books on my desk as if he had done this every day for the
last 10 years...just looking over the papers and pecking one or two of the finished ones....Now I used to hate getting papers
back with coffee or pizza stains...so I figured my students would not like little finch stains on their papers...and I leaned
over and stuck my finger under his claws...well he hopped right up! Surprise, surprise...I thought I was going to chase him
around the room...well no...and when I put him in a flower he stayed right in the leaves...well a few hous later I got to the bottom
of the stack and was ready to turn in...and the taco bell stuff was ready to turn out...but he was still up...and would not go to
sleep...as soon as the light was off....he started flying around the room again...back to the books...and papers....He did let
me catch him again and take him in the bird room...where I guess he eventually went to sleep...sure would be nice to have
company grading papers for a change if he keeps up the habit...
Perhaps my students will grow to like his marks better than mine...
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