The Bird.

The girls found a baby bird in the backyard. On the ground, half dead, and Mama's nest was too high to reach. I told them the chances were great that the little bidie would soon die, but they wanted to try to keep it living. SOOO. They put it in a box with some hay and proceeded to feed it. They initially gave it a worm, but it wouldn't partake. So, Gracie decided to give it some chicken feed. It opened it's little mouth and she put a grain in it. Then it started choking. It couldn't chew. I teasingly told her that a GOOD Mama would chew its food for the baby and spit it in its mouth. Ummm...never in a gazillion years did I think she would do that!!!! But she did. She chewed chicken feed and spit it into that birds open mouth. Multiple times. And guess what? That little bird is still alive. I don't give it much more time, but for now, Gracie is a pretty proud mama bird!