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Interesting time the last 24 hours... my daughter hurt her arm at gymnastics, and a trip to the med center confirmed it wasn't broken, probably just strained a little. That led to her not being able to finish one homework assignment, which put her to tears, afraid she was going to get some kind of homework deficiency notice. I told her I'd write to her teacher, and if her teacher had problems, I'd beat her up. That got a smile... and I'm sure a thought as to whether I really would
This morning, the dog was barking at a tree where I've frequently been seeing a bird fly in and out. I went to take a look, and saw a nest about 6 feet up with two baby birds in it. I called the kids so I could show them, and after showing the first one... the birds suddenly took to flight! I guess we were too close for mama bird's liking...
Anyway, one of the birds flew into a low bush... which was low enough for Pepper to be able to get to! Sure enough, he crashed into it and came out with a baby bird in his mouth!
Now, he's got a history of "breaking" the live toys he plays with... we still don't know what happened to that big old toad, but we have an idea.
Chased him down and managed to get him to drop the bird, but I'm sure he injured it and its hours are numbered. The kids saw, and they were very upset with Pepper.... they're convinced that no bird will like him now.
I'll have to head out later this morning to see if I can find that bird's body... before Pepper does.