Saturday, February 14, 2009

Pigeon Scare

Dad loves pigeons. They make nests in our balcony frequently to incubate their eggs. We have strict instructions not to touch the eggs lest the mother should abandon them. When we open the door to our balcony, the creaking door gives the pigeons a warning, and they all fly away immediately.

Right now their nest is under a sink in our balcony, in the dish-washing area, and you can hardly see the pigeons there. So it is a sort of a cube shaped home, open from the front, covered above and on the sides by marble.

I completely forgot about them, and walked up to fetch a bucket from near the sink. My sister watched from a distance. There was one pigeon inside, sitting on the eggs, I still didn’t realize this. I got so close to the pigeon; it was just about an inch away from me. They are scared of me, and I am scared of everything. The pigeon desperately wanting to fly out started flapping its wings vigorously in that small area. I was caught unawares, and I turned around to run and somehow it got somewhere between my knees in all this confusion. (I know, YUCK!) I was running with the pigeon between my knees and I screamed so loud that all the passers by on the street stopped and stared. I kept screaming, my sister fled from the scene, and somehow after a few seconds, the bird made its way out. Phew! My poor grandmother (now not in very good health) was terrified inside with all the screaming until she saw my sis and I roll on the floor laughing!!!

Being too scared never helps I guess. I should have just moved aside and let it fly away. Just checked the sink, and the bird has returned to its nest. Its sitting on one egg, while the other has fallen out – courtesy my stupidity!

9 comments:

Preethi said...

bad girl, gagan!!

Unknown said...

Ahh.. where do I start.. ? Like I said Gagan, it's funny how these things happen to you and ONLY to you! I mean.. lets do a survey.. worldwide.. and find out how many people have ever got a pigeon stuck in between their knees even ONCE in their life. What would the result be? Most probably none - after all, any sane person with their limbs in the right order would just think of spreading out the knees thus allowing the pigeon to fall down owing to mother earth's gravitational pull or fly away owing to mother nature's bestowed abilities! But NO - YOU managed to have a pigeon stuck in your knees! Which is why you are different, Gagan!!

And that brings me to the time when I had a pigeon's nest in my balcony. The eggs were laid.. and they hatched resulting in 2 babies.. one smart and one dumb. The smart one learned to fly in some weeks.. the dumb one did't. The smart one flew off once it learned flying.. the dumb one didn't. The dumb one just used to run from one end of the balcony to other. One fine day, I come back from classes and find that the dumb one was dead.. its head chopped off by a crow :( ! Well.. end of story !

Gagan said...

@Abhinav
Hahahhahahahahahahhaha... ok... funny comment... BUT...

I was too scared to even realize the thing is between my knees !!! My sis told me this later. After a few seconds I let loose and it flew...

My maid was saying "Kach bidate Kach bidate - it will bite, it will bite" so i was running !

Anonymous said...

Finally someone made you go weak in your knees! :P
whenever i read or listen to something, i hv the tendency to visualize it.. while reading this blog entry, for some reason it was all very clear and of course, extremely funny.. Abhinavz right, u do hv the knack of finding urself in weird situations! But be glad that it was just A PIGEON and not more. It could have been worse, you know: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9DUG1jDfP8

Pavan said...

@Abhinav: Interesting - critic on Gagan as well as the story of how an Imbecile Pigeon falls short by a head. :)

@Gagan: Oh well, it wont bite. It will kuck biDatte (peck).

Prateek Mohan said...

Pigeon and Gagan... or rather Gagan Scare - you should have named this one!
Hehehehehehe...

S.. Diva said...

ha ha.. good one!
poor pigeon, lost an egg :-(

Innu said...

Hahahhahaa.. "my sister fled from the scene" is so typical Amy :)

Sandwich Board said...

I am sorry, your mad scream scared me away!!