episode_0050

The birds and rats that stayed with me didn’t really have names. I guess the person who bought us would give us names, so they didn’t give us names.

Anyway, the men who fed us and gave us vaccinations never called us.

If we hadn’t had conversations or anything, we might not have felt the need to give ourselves names. We would just be products.

But even among those rats and birds, there were some who had names. They did strange things, or said things like this.

In particular, the parrot that came to visit us was a child who really liked certain words and would imitate them. So I remember the old men there calling him a color parrot.

“Ah, you’re a colorist! Nice to meet you! You’re free too!”

Maybe it’s because the sound is fun? I didn’t study hard in my past life, but I knew that harsh and loud sounds are strong to hear.

So, probably, the old men were talking among themselves and started making a lot of noise about a word that just happened to come up, and naturally, the name “Saekmusae” (color parrot) was given to the white parrot.

But it’s a sex bird that screams sex loudly and strongly enough to be given that name, so I think that’s why people didn’t adopt it.

Could it be said that the proposition that children with names are not taken away by people is correct?

Anyway, he was a free spirit, but since people didn’t take him, it was time for him to be euthanized. Fortunately, the man who abandoned us seemed to have secretly abandoned the squirrel outside.

It’s better to live on the streets than to die. If you’re lucky, you might meet a good sister like me.

If I had been unlucky, well… I would have had to beg from stray dogs and cats on the streets for food and a place to live.

Fortunately, the color-changing bird met the bold bird and seemed to be safe.

“But how did you get here? Oh, did you happen to be hanging out with Boldgur?”

“Ss …

“Keeek!”

The swan nodded excitedly. Hamshik also raised his head and screamed at the loud noise.

He’s a hamster who doesn’t even pay attention when I make a fuss. It seems like the noise was quite loud.

Anyway, it’s nice to see you, but Hamshik is already a delicate little guy who gets startled even by the sound of a microwave oven turning on.

As the older sister, I have to take care of that kind of hamster. So I decided to give the color bird some attention.

“Ahaha, yeah, yeah. But please be quiet for a bit. It’s not just us here. There are people living upstairs and downstairs. If you’re too loud, you might get in trouble.”

“It hurts to get scolded. I’ll be quiet.”

Oh. I guess I hit that magpie that was making a lot of noise over there.

I thought that since it was a product, it would be a loss if it got hurt, so they wouldn’t touch it. Did an angry old man happen to be there? Or was it because the color changer was that noisy?

Either way, I don’t know where to hit the magpie. They say that birds have light bones that break easily because they are made to fly.

I felt bad for him and wanted to bring the squirrel into the house, but it was difficult.

First of all, the window is not one that opens by sliding it to the side, but rather it opens at an angle, so it is difficult for me to push it open.

Even if I somehow manage to open it using some tools, this is not my house, it’s Narin’s house.

I couldn’t bring a thick-skinned bird into the house without Narin’s permission.

“Yeah. It’s cold outside, right? But this isn’t my house, so I can’t open it up on my own. How did you know about this place? Did you come here because you became friends with Gagool?”

“Bold? Gurururur?”

The seagull rolled its tongue in response to the name, Boldgur. It must have been curious about the name. So I said it proudly.

“Yeah, I decided to call that pigeon friend, Boldguru. Isn’t it cute?”

“A less cool name than Saekmusae.”

“Yeah, your name is cool.”

When I praised him like that, the squirrel showed me its back and spoke. A girl of similar size to me was hanging on the squirrel’s back, trembling.

“I came with Jihyun. I got kicked out of the house.”

“Yeah, I thought so. Jihyun? Is that the person behind you Jihyun?”

“That’s right, Jihyun, hello. Hello?”

“Oh, hello.”

I wondered where I had heard that name before. When I raised my head and saw her clothes, I remembered where I had seen Jihyun before.

I saw you at the hospital. The researcher who reported the illegal experiment at the research lab and got doused with chemicals and turned into this. That person’s name was Ji-hyeon.

“Ah, hello! We met at the hospital last time! Wow, Saekmusaeya. How did you meet Jihyun?”

“That, that’s… … .”

Jihyun hesitated and couldn’t answer. It seemed like there was something she didn’t want to remember.

The magpie was unable to speak, opening and closing its beak. Did it know, but find it difficult to express itself?

There was nothing I could do. In the end, I, a person with deep understanding, had to understand. Well, I understood the circumstances of being abandoned, so I was just a little upset, but I didn’t feel despair or anything.

After leaving the hospital, I couldn’t go home, and it was hard to prove my identity. Maybe it was something like that.

In addition, it is said that it is very difficult for whistleblowers in Korean society. As if that were not enough, there is also the fact that he worked in an illegal research institute.

Maybe he was abandoned by his family. Maybe he was working in a bad place.

The result of reporting with a clear conscience is sitting out on the street in the middle of winter. How cold and sad it must be.

“It’s okay. If you have trouble speaking, you don’t have to. Hmm, if you stay outside, you’ll catch a cold. In that case, would you like to come in? Sister Na-rin said you can come anytime.”

So I decided to bring Jihyun home. I told her at the hospital, that if she had nowhere to go, she could come anytime.

The only problem was the color changer. The color changer is a smart kid, so if you tell him nicely, he’ll listen.

“Colorful bird. This isn’t my house, so I have to get permission from the landlady, Na-rin.”

“Can I just stay quiet?”

“Okay, I’ll give you the box, so play there.”

“Okay.”

Hamshik opened his mouth wide and froze at my words. I guess he was hurt because I said I would give up the hideout he had worked so hard to build.

But rather than having a magpie flying around the house, flapping its wings, it’s better to give them a box.

I’ll have to calm her down later. First, I have to bring Ji-hyun, who is trembling, home.

“How about a thick roll? Do you want a thick roll too?”

“Bold, thick, thick.”

Okay, Saekmoose agreed. But, perhaps thinking that he had finished his job by guiding Saekmoose and Jihyun here, he just flew away to somewhere in Foodduck.

Maybe it’s a pigeon from a cold city. But it will warm up in front of almonds. I’ll have to bring some almonds next time I come.

Now all I have to do is let Saekmusae and Jihyun into the house. Telling them to go around the building and come to a certain room would be a good way to get them lost, so I have to open the window first.

It would be difficult for Saekmusae and Jihyun to pull the window from the outside. There’s nowhere to grab onto and there’s no support.

Eventually, Hamshik and I have to open the window. We have to push it with something long. And if it stays open, it gets cold, so we both have to close it.

“Hamshik, can you help me? I need to open the window.”

But Hamshik, already hurt by the thought of giving the box to the magpie, turned around and sat down.

Hamshik was upset. Since I could understand Hamshik’s feelings, I had to offer him a carrot.

“Is that why you gave the box to the squirrel? But if you let it run around the house with its feathers fluttering before it’s even washed, it’ll be hard for Na-rin to clean. The delivery box will come again, so let’s give it one. Okay?”

Fortunately, Hamshik did not ignore my earnest request. Hearing that the box would come again anyway gave him energy, and he began to climb up the curtains and go up to the window.

In the meantime, I had to find tools to open and close the window. Even if the two of us pushed it with our short arms, we wouldn’t be able to open it very far, and we wouldn’t be able to make enough of a gap for a stray bird to come in.

Pencil or pen? Chopsticks? The length is fine, but the area of force applied is too narrow. I need something thicker.

Oh, there is. A hair dryer in the bathroom. You can open the window by pushing it with the blunt-shaped mechanical part, and close it by pulling the cord through the window handle. Like a cowboy.

Okay, the plan was perfect. I went to the bathroom, got the hair dryer, climbed up to the window, and together with Hamshik, I managed to push the window open.

The magpie came in through the gap and went straight into the box. Ji-hyeon, who had been trembling, now had a much better expression on her face.

But if you don’t close the window, it’ll still be cold. So, you have to close the window now.

But there was a problem with the plan. The wires didn’t fit snugly on the window handles.

But if you tie a knot like this, the wire will break in the middle and be damaged.

After briefly pondering whether there was a better way, I spoke to Hamshik with determination.

“… … Hamshik, trust me! I’ll hold this and jump over there and hang on. Then Hamshik, you pull this. Got it? ”

“Keeek!”

Hamshik stretched out his hand as if to stop me, but he couldn’t catch me with his short arms.

I also wanted to close the window as soon as possible, so I ran towards the window handle right there. I hate the cold.

It might be dangerous if you fall, but you won’t get hurt if you fall anyway.

Given my leap forward, it was only natural that I would succeed. And of course I did.

He climbed up, hanging on to the window handle, and hung the wires, giving Hamshik a thumbs up.

Then Hamshik hurriedly grabbed the hair dryer and jumped down to the floor. As the weight was placed on it, the window slowly began to close.

Thump, the window closed. It blocked the gap that let in the cold wind. I was so happy about that that I raised both my arms and cheered.

“Did it!”

“Keeek!”

“You’re so annoying!”

Hamshik screamed at me as if he was telling me to, and Saekmusae screamed quietly inside the box.

The only one who was quiet there was Jihyun, crouching down, watching us.