The Bird Whisperer

Zip's dramatic, high-pitched wails vibrated against the thick acrylic glass of the isolation enclosure. Inside the pile of wood shavings, the chubby parrot kicked his scrawny gray feet, shrieking muffled curses into the sawdust.

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