Birds They Gotta fly

Chapter 1: The Baby Bird

On a late afternoon it is business as usual in Camp Kidney. Dave and Ping Pong are playing dodgeball together with the Lemmings, Wilbert the beaver and Ignatious the hedgehog. Raj is sorting his record collection while Lazlo is doing some juggling with a banana, a pineapple and an orange. Edward the platypus is doing his polo training by riding Samson as a horse. "Faster, faster!" he commands. Clam however has decited to count the trees in the forest. Provided with a pen as well as a writing pad he makes his way. "266...267..." he goes through the trees. Finally he decides to have a break and sits down under tree number 268. But soon he falls asleep, still holding his writing pad in his hand while his tongue is hanging out of his mouth.

Suddenly a rustling is heard from a pile of leaves lying next to the tree. The rustling gets louder and louder and within the next moment also a weak tweeting is heard from inside the pile, making Clam wake up. "Ahm, what was that?" Clam asks himself. Then he discovers the pile and couriously moves the leaves aside. Under the leaves Clam discovers a small baby bird, who obviously has fallen off the tree, probably from his nest. The little rhino smiles and carefully sits the birdie up again, who fortunately seems to be alright. "Everything OK, little birdie?" Clams aks. The baby bird looks at him astonished and tweets slowly. "Goodbye!" Clam says and walks away. But the birdie follows him. The rhino turns around irritated. "Ah, not your mother!" Clam says and moves on. The little fellow keeps following him after all. "Not your mother!" the rhino is telling the bird again. But as soon as Clam continues his way, the small featherball is back on his tail. Clam stops and is just about to say something, when he is looking into the birdie's sad face. Obivously the cute fellow does not know where to go and is now looking at the little rhino entreating. Clam thinks for a moment. "OK," he finally says, "Clam your mother... for a while!" He carefully picks up his little buddy and puts the birdie under his scout cap. Then he heads back for Camp Kidney.