5. When I was nine years old, my parents bought me a cockatiel (鸡尾鹦鹉) from a pet shop. I named him Bubba. (1)
But after a few weeks, I felt bored. As a kid, I was not good at taking care of Bubba. (2)
Bubba had to live in a small and dirty cage (笼子). He was bored too. In the end, he died.
It's a sad story, but I think there are many birds living a life like Bubba's. (3)
They have no idea how much time, money and energy it takes to care for birds. And birds can go mad (发疯) when they live in cages. They may pull out their own feathers or peck (啄) over and over again at the bars (铁条) of their cages. (4)
They may just drop them like rubbish or let them die in cages without doing anything.
(5)
Well, the answer is easy. Please never buy a caged bird. And let more people know that birds should never live in cages.
A. How can you help? B. And my parents were too busy. C. Having Bubba at home made me excited. D. They can have if they want to. E. People buy them from shops and keep them in cages. F. Slowly people find the cute birds from pet shops become noisy. |