The Canary

"I will meet you at the cabin, Rachel," Mary Said. She hung the phone. "Mom, can I go out?" she asked. "Sure", her mom said. She went out. Rachel and Mary were best friends and liked to be alone, but no one let them be alone. So, they went to the forest. They found a perfect clearing. It was quiet and nice. They built a cabin there. No one knew about it. That was their secret place. They met there when they wanted to discuss something. They also went to the same school.

Mary was carrying something. That something was what she wanted to show Rachel. When she reached the cabin, she saw that Rachel was already there. "Hi, what are you telling me?", Rachel asked. "Actually, I am showing you something, Mary said. "What are you showing me?" Rachel asked. Mary showed Rachel what was in her hand. It was a bright, yellow canary. Her wing was bent. "Oh, wow!", Rachel exclaimed. "Where did you find her?" "I found her in the park." said Mary. "Can we help her get better?" Rachel asked. "May be, yes, we can try." Mary said.

So they did. Every day they gave her grains to eat and took good care of her. Soon, she was well again. Rachel and Mary didn't know she was well until she flew over them at school. She perched on the playground. "Oh, wow!" the other kids exclaimed. They were having recess. The canary was frightened by the noise and fluttered to Mary's shoulder. Rachel gave her some grains which she ate from Rachel's hand. The other kids were jealous and said, "We found her first, give her to us!" "No, she is ours", said Mary. "Yes", said Rachel. They took her to class. She sat with them at the desks. She perched on Mary's desk. Occasionally, she would flutter over to Rachel's desk. She watched the teacher with interest and the teacher let her be there.

After the school was over, Mary and Rachel went to the cabin. The canary followed them. "You are well, can you stay with us?" Mary asked the canary. The canary tweeted as if saying, "of course!" "If you will stay, you will need a name", Rachel said. "What about… Cann?" Mary asked. "Good name!" Rachel replied. "It is getting late, we should go home", Mary said. They went home. Cann followed. "She is coming with us", Mary said. "Let her", said Rachel. "She will go back to the cabin or she will come home with one of us". Cann came with Mary. She went in Mary's house by the window. Mary went to her room and opened it. Cann came in. She stayed with Mary until morning. Then, she flew out and went to Rachel. Rachel wanted to go outside. Her mom said she could go. When she opened the door, she saw Cann. Cann was perched on the top of the stairs. Rachel and Cann went to the cabin. Mary was already there. They talked for a while. They were discussing whose house Cann would stay most of the time. They decided that one day Cann would stay at Mary's house and one day at Rachel's.

Not long after, Cann was acting strange. She only stayed at the cabin and did not come out. Mary and Rachel went in to see what the matter was. When they went in, they saw Cann sitting on a nest. A male canary sat by her. Cann greeted them with a 'tweet'. Rachel grimed and said, "She is really into breeding." "Let's call him Ary", Mary said. Then, Mary and Rachel spent every moment they had in the cabin. They wanted to be there when the eggs were layed and wanted to see them hatching.

One day, when they were at the cabin, Rachel said, "Look, what is that?" "An egg!", said Mary. They watched carefully. Soon, an egg came out. It went in the nest. Can layed more eggs. She layed three more! Four eggs together. Mary and Rachel raced home. They went to Rachel's house. They went to her computer. Rachel typed, "What do you feed baby canaries?" They read," Boiled or soaked canary seed." I have canary seed", Rachel said. "Let's get it," Mary replied. They got it and Rachel soaked it. She went to the cabin. Mary went to her house, sat on the computer and typed, "How long does it takes for canary eggs to hatch?" She read, "About two weeks". She ran to the cabin and saw Rachel feeding soaked canary seed to Cann. Cann seems exhausted. 'Lying must be a hard job', Mary Thought. As Rachel fed soaked seeds to the Cann, she seemed not so exhausted. Cann was just sitting on her nest. "Two weeks, then it will hatch," Mary said. "We will come back in two weeks". "If you need our help, send Ary to us and we will come", Rachel told Cann. Cann tweeted, as if saying, 'Sure!' 

Two weeks later Rachel and Marry almost forgot all about the canaries. When they were at the park, Rachel saw a canary. "Look at that canary!" Rachel said. "It looks familiar", Mary said. They both looked at each other and said,"Ary!" They ran in the cabin and saw Cann with her new - hatched chicks. Then they saw a cat. She was trying to get to the nest! A chick fell. Rachel caught it and put it in its nest. Mary grabbed the cat and put it out.

The chicks grew quickly. Soon, they were old enough to fly, but they always came to visit Mary and Rachel. Cann and Ary went too, but always came back every year to lay eggs in the cabin.