Rio Three Gifts

Any Day Now

It was a beautiful in Rio de Janeiro, the sun was coming up at the start of morning and in the jungle a bird started chirping. The bird then started flying around some trees as it continued to chirp as music played in the background. The bird flew past hollows in three trunks and as it flew (one by one) some yellow macaws stuck their heads out and squawked. The bird flew over a log and behind it some cranes stuck their heads up one by one. The bird flew past a few toucans sitting in their nests and they started singing as their chicks stuck their heads out. Then the screen showed some birds standing on branches and they all started singing and dancing. Some red macaws looked at each other as they sang and a mother bird was swaying her head to the beat.

Suddenly her chicks jumped out of the nest and out of the tree and she looked at them with fear and said, "Hey!"

Suddenly the chicks started flying up and she smiled; then the screen showed a bunch of black birds beating their red chests, sounding like drums. A bunch of macaws and other birds of different colors jumped on some branches and they started singing the first lines of the song. Then it showed a bunch of red macaws flying through the air and around each other like a tornado.

Chorus: "All the birds of a feather,

Do what they love most of all,

We are the best at rhythm and laughter

That's why we love carnival!"

On the next lines the screen showed three baby macaws standing between their parents as they happily danced. Then it showed a few different colored parakeets dancing with each other like good friends.

Chorus: "Get with your friends

And dance till the song ends!"

Next we see the black birds beating their chests like drums again and the screen shows Blu happily flying through the jungle, past some trees as he sang the next lines. On the third and fourth lines he stood on a branch of his tree close to his hollow, which Jewel happily stuck her head out of. Blu smiled at her as he moved his wings with his feathers out like fingers to refer to her. Then Jewel sang the fifth and sixth lines with the chorus, then the screen showed a bunch of red macaws tapping their feet on a branch as they waved their wings in the air.

Blu: "Loving my life here in Rio!

Everything's beautiful and alive!

Living my life

With my wonderful wife!"

Jewel and Chorus: "True love can be for real

In Rio!"

Chorus: "It all sounds like bells!

It's fancy

With family!

You won't find it anywhere else!"

The camera moved to show Pedro standing on a branch and he sang as he looked at the camera and swayed his body back and forth to the beat with his eyes narrow as he smiled. On the second and third lines of the verse he smiled as he moved his head to the left (your left) with his beak facing up and then he shook the ends of his wings like jazz hands. On the final line of the verse he slightly looked away from the camera toward the top left corner of the screen and then he looked at the camera and cawed.

Pedro: "All I want to do is samba, samba, samba, samba, samba!

Just grab someone's wing

And with them you sing,

And Pedro's the king (caw)"

On the next lines Nico flew next to Pedro and tapped his feet on the branch as looked at the camera and sang while beating his bottle cap like a tambourine. Then Pedro as he sang as he pointed his wings and the camera turned to show Rafael and his family. Rafael was standing on a branch with his left wing around Eva; their eighteen chicks were standing on a smaller branch connected to theirs, it was a few inches beneath theirs. Rafael sang as he looked up into space with his right wing out and then he put his right wing on his chest as he smiled at Eva and she lovingly smiled at him while their eighteen chicks smiled as they shook their bodies and tapped their feet. Then Pedro stuck his head in front of the camera and smiled as he briefly sang. Then the camera showed Nico and Pedro flying as they looked at the camera and Nico sang. Then Nico sang the next line with the chorus while he and Pedro hovered a few feet in front of Blu and Jewel's tree, where one could see them.

Nico: "Everyone here loves to party!"

Pedro: "I like to party!"

Rafael: "Spending time with those you love!"

Pedro: "I like to party hardy!"

Nico and Chorus: "Magic and love,

What else do you need!

Everything can be for real

In Rio!"

As the chorus sang the final verse tons of macaws of different colors flew in the air and they stayed at the same height and formed different patterns. The red macaws looked like a flower and the green macaws flew around them, forming a circle. The blue and gold macaws flew in the shape of another circle but it was bigger than the green ones' and it was perpendicular to theirs. Then on the note they all flew straight up and then back down into the trees.

Chorus: "And here's something else,

Trust me,

You'll be happy,

You can't find it anywhere else…!"

Some of the birds flew to their nests while others flew toward the city; Blu was standing on the branch near the hollow Jewel was sitting in.

They both smiled as they looked out at the city and Blu breathed in as he smiled and he happily said, "Ah, this is the life!"

Jewel smiled at him lovingly and he smiled as he turned his head sideways to look at her and he happily said, "It doesn't get any better than this."

Jewel smiled as she said, "Oh yes it does."

She stood up to reveal that she was sitting on three eggs; she sat back down and Blu smiled as he said, "I cannot believe that in a few days we are gonna be parents!"

He flew into the hollow and stood in front of her as she happily said, "I know, it's gonna be great! I can already picture the smiles on their faces!"

Blu looked up with his eyes half-closed and he smiled as he softly said, "Yeah."

Suddenly Blu's eyes widened as he showed a worried expression and he looked down nervously as he said, "Uh oh, I just had a bad thought."

Jewel showed a concerned expression as she said, "What?"

Blu looked at her with a worried expression and he put his wings in front of his body with the end of his left wing over the end of his right wing (like a person putting his hands together nervously) as he said, "What if I won't be a good father?"

Jewel smiled reassuringly and she waved her right wing sideways in front of her as she said, "Don't be silly. You'll be a great father."

Blu still showed a nervous expression as he said, "How do you know?"

Jewel smiled as she put her right wing on his left shoulder and leaned closer to him and she reassuringly said, "Because I know you. You make your choices with your heart, not your mind. You followed your heart and risked your life to save me! It may not be easy but you'll be good at it. That's why I married you."

Blu smiled at her lovingly and he said, "Thanks Jewel. I don't know what I would do without you."

He closed his eyes and kissed her on the beak and she closed her eyes and smiled.

They pulled away from each other and smiled, then they turned around and saw Nico, Pedro, Rafael, and his family standing on the branch near the hollow and Rafael smiled as he said, "Good morning love birds."

Jewel stuck her head out the hollow and Blu flew out and stood on the branch with his back toward the tree trunk.

They both smiled and Blu said, "Hi guys, how's it going."

Pedro smiled as he moved his wings like arms and pointed at Blu and said, "Pretty good, we just thought we'd drop by to see how the new parents are doing."

Blu chuckled as he said, "Thanks guys but we've still got a few days before…"

He suddenly jerked his head up as he showed an expression of pain and he said, "Ow! Ow! Ow!"

He turned his body to show that one of Rafael's kids was plucking feathers from Blu's back and they heard Jewel say, "Ow! Ow!"

They turned to see two more of the chicks jumping on Jewel's head as they smiled; Eva showed anger as she pointed her left feather at the her three chicks and then pointed down as she said, "Hey you kids stop! Get off your aunt and uncle, now!"

They flew off Blu and Jewel and stood with the other toucan chicks; Rafael showed a nervous expression as he put his head next to Blu's and put his left wing on the right side of his beak as he whispered, "Hopefully your kids will be much easier."

Nico smiled as he hovered next to Blu's head and said, "So have you two thought about what to name them?"

They turned to Jewel as she curled the feathers on her left wing like fingers and rested the left side of her head on them and showed an indicative expression while she said, "Well we did but then we realized, first we have to know if any of them are boys or girls."

Blu looked at them with an indicative expression as he said, "Yeah, we need to wait for them to hatch before we can name them."

Pedro smiled as he pointed at them and said, "Well, you let us know when they're ready show us the samba!"

They all flew away and Rafael smiled as he looked at them and said, "See ya later love birds."

Blu and Jewel smiled and Blu put his right wing up as he said, "Bye guys."

Blu then briefly stared into space in thought and he looked at Jewel with a friendly smile as he said, "I think I'll go visit Linda."

Jewel smiled as she moved her right wing straight out and said, "Okay, but hurry back."

Blu turned around but turned his head sideways to look at her and he smiled as he said, "I will, and I'll bring you some food on the way back."

He then flew into the air and began to fly towards the city.

A half hour later

Blu flew towards Linda's new bookstore in Rio; he flew in threw an open window into Linda and Tulio's bedroom. He stood on the window sill and smiled as he saw them sleeping in the bed, facing opposite directions. Blu smiled as he flew onto the frame of their bed. The camera showed Linda from the side of the bed and the clock hit 7:00 A.M. and there was the sound of the alarm clock beeping. Linda and Tulio simultaneously moaned tiredly and Linda began hitting the top of it to turn it off.

Linda then knocked it off the table but she held the chord to see it was unplugged and Tulio sat up and looked over her shoulder to see it too.

Linda showed a confused expression as the sound continued and she said, "Huh?"

She and Tulio looked up to see Blu smiling as he wore Tulio's glasses and imitated the sound of a truck backing up. They both smiled and Tulio sat up and pushed Blu's beak and he stopped making the sound and he turned Tulio's glasses the other way. He held them in his beak and put them on him.

Linda put her glasses on as she laid down and smiled as she looked up at Blu and said, "Hi Blu."

While she said that Tulio petted Blu on the back of the head and Blu smiled with his eyes half-closed like he was relaxed. A few minutes later Linda was wearing a pink T-shirt with white pants and Tulio was wearing a brown T-shirt with jeans.

Blu was standing on the counter of their bookstore and he smiled as Linda and Tulio looked at him and Linda said, "So, how's Jewel?"

Blu squawked happily and Tulio smiled as he said, "Glad to hear it."

Suddenly Fernando walked down the stairs wearing flip-flops, shorts, and a black button down shirt with green palm trees.

He moved his right hand up as he said, "Hey guys."

Linda smiled as she said, "Morning Fernando."

Blu smiled as he hovered in front of Fernando and happily squawked; Fernando smiled as he put up his left hand and said, "Oh hi Blu."

Blu then stood on the back of a chair and Tulio looked at Linda and said, "I've been studying their behavior in the Sanctuary. I think they've been making great progress!"

Linda smiled as she said, "Oh that's great! When was the last time you checked?"

Tulio showed an indicative expression as he said, "Last week, but I think that I've been missing some things. If we could see how they're living up close that might fill in some blanks."

Linda smiled as she said, "Hey, that's a great idea!"

They both walked and stood in front of the chair Blu was standing on and Fernando stood next to them.

Linda smiled as she looked at Fernando and said, "Hey Fernando, I've got an idea. Why don't we go visit Blu and Jewel in their home in a couple of days?"

Fernando smiled as he said, "Oh that sounds great!"

Linda smiled as she looked at Blu and said, "What do you think Blu?"

Blu smiled as he nodded and squawked; Linda smiled as she said, "Great, tell Jewel we said 'hi.'"

Blu smiled as he squawked and then he flew up stairs and out the window as he happily began to fly back to Jewel.

Later that night

Blu and Jewel were sitting in their nest in their hollow as they shared a mango to finish their dinner. Jewel was still sitting on their eggs to make sure that they would be warm enough to hatch.

Jewel showed an indicative expression as she stopped eating and said, "So Linda, Tulio, and Fernando are coming to visit us?"

Blu took one last bite of the mango and then smiled as he said, "Yeah, I thought it would be nice for them to see us when our kids are on the way. What do you think?"

Jewel looked up in thought and then she smiled at him and said, "I guess it would be nice for them to know that we're expecting."

Blu threw the remains of the mango out the hollow and he sat next to her as he happily said, "Yeah, and it would be great if they could be hear to see them hatch!"

Jewel smiled at Blu lovingly and said, "It would be nice for them to see our kids."

Blu happily put his left wing around Jewel and they both happily stared into space and Blu happily said, "Nothing could ruin this moment!"

Blu and Jewel then nodded with tired expressions and they leaned toward each other and closed their eyes (birds usually sleep standing up).

Jewel smiled as she nuzzled her head next to Blu's and said, "Goodnight Blu."

Blu smiled before he fell asleep and he said, "Goodnight Jewel."

Later that night at the airport

The sky was dark and cloudy and lightning flashed, but there was no rain. A plain had just landed and people were departing from it and luggage was being unloaded. When no one was looking, a mysterious bird flew out of cargo hold (or whatever you call it) and it landed on the roof of the airport. The bird had a brown torn up rag over its entire body, so no one could see what it looked like, not even the wings. There were two holes where the eyes were and they were blue like Jewel's; the wind blew on the rag so one could see the bird had a thin figure. The bird also had grey feet with short talons like Blu did. The bird could see a view of the city and it angrily narrowed its eyes.

The bird spoke with a soft yet creepy female voice as she angrily said, "I'll find you Blu, wherever you are!"

Author's note: I know there have been tons of posts about Rio 2 online, so if I made any mistakes about the chicks I will correct them.