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Chapter 3: First Words

For the next few days, Alex was being cared for by his mother at the hollow, growing up fast and learning about his home. However he had yet to say anything or even step out of the hollow and see the outside, he was still helpless and very little, but today, would be a very happy day as today, Alex would speak his very first words…

Morning came up again in the Scarlet macaw tribe and in a little nest, the young chick named Alex was still sleeping very peacefully, snoring like a little chick should and enjoying the nice dreams that came with sleep. Even when the sunlight came into Alex's eyes, he still did not wake up, deep in slumber as he laid there, all cozy. That is until his mother finally woke him up.

Maria came to her little son's nest and with her wing, she gently shook Alex to wake him up.

"Wake up, my son, rise and shine." Maria softly said, which Alex just tried to shoo his mother's wing away with his'. "Okay, I didn't want to do this, but…"

And Maria brought both of her wings and started to tickle her son's sides, giggling as Alex tried his hardest to resist the tickle torture, but it was useless to try. Alex couldn't take it and he started laughing out hard, so much that tears came out. Maria smiled seeing her tactic work and her son now awake.

"Okay, my son, ready for breakfast?" Maria asked.

Alex only nodded his head, since he couldn't speak yet, he could only signal his mother with head and wing motions. Maria carried her son to the main area of the hollow, where some nuts and berries were ready for Alex to eat, well… First by his mother, to chew it up and then spit it into Alex's beak.

As Alex was enjoying his breakfast and being relieved of hunger, Albert came flying into the hollow, excited to see his son as always. Alex stopped eating and ran froward into the open wings of his father, who chuckled happily while hugging Alex.

"Hey Alex, looks like someone's happy to see me." Albert chuckled as Maria came up and placed a kiss on her mate's cheek.

"Tribe's alright?" Maria asked.

"Yeah, same mundane morning check as always, at least now I have a new face to come to when I come home." Albert replied and sighed from the long time of flying through the tribe, making sure everyone was alright. "So how's out little guy doing so far?"

"Well Alex is growing up very fast, but I'm a bit worried if that will slow down anytime soon." Maria expressed her concern.

"Just give it some time honey, Alex will eventually talk and when that happens, we can finally show him around the tribe and teach him how to fly." Albert reassured his mate.

"I hope you're right." Maria sighed as she looked at Alex just playing around on the hollow floor, all happy and smiles.

Albert wrapped a wing around Maria and moved the wing up and down against Maria's side, knowing that she loved the good feeling of that. Maria leaned into her mate, with a smile on as the two watched their young Alex playing by himself.

Eventually, Albert had to go do more tribe duties for the day, and as always, since Alex was born, he wanted so much to stay at home all day, but he had to go. However he made sure to say goodbye to his mate and give his new son a tight hug and a kiss on the forehead and tell him…

"I'll be back, my son." Albert said, then putting his son back into his mother's wings and flying off for the day.

As Albert left, Liz came back from her morning visit to one of her friends and came into the hollow, where her mother put on a stern glare.

"Young lady, you just missed your father, where were you?" Maria asked her daughter.

"Mom, I was just with my friend, okay?" Liz replied, rolling her eyes. "Well I'm tried, I'm going to bed and take a nap."

Liz walked to her room and laid down in her nest, soon enough snoring loudly. Maria just mentally wingpalmed herself and sighed. She then looked down at her son, who was looking up at her.

"My son, if I have one wish, it's that you don't become like your sister." Maria said and turned around to do some hollow tidying up.

Maria, however, would be in for a big surprise as something unexpected would just jump out at her. A new, unfamiliar voice that would bring joy to her ears and make her erupt with happiness.

"Mommy." A voice called out from behind Maria.

Maria couldn't believe it, it was Alex, he could finally talk…

"What was that you said, my son?" Maria said slowly as she turned around again and faced the little chick.

"Mommy." Alex said again, with a smile on.

"My son! You can finally talk!" Maria shouted with joy as she lifted up her boy and hugged him tight. "The day has finally come!"

With happiness, however, comes some disappointment… As Maria was shouting out with joy, Liz couldn't nap and she complained openly to her mother.

"Hey! One of us is trying to sleep here!" Liz shouted back just as loudly.

However Maria was too excited to discipline her daughter at the moment, instead she urged her daughter to wake up and experience the wonderful moment.

"Liz! Come here! Your brother can finally talk!" Maria shouted out.

"Wait what!? Really!" Liz shouted back and she shot out of her room and came in front of the two. "What did he say!?" Liz asked, all excited now.

"He said the most perfect first word any mommy wishes her chick would say, "mommy." Maria started crying tears of happiness as she held her son.

"Should we go tell dad?" Liz asked.

"No, your father needs to do his work, when he comes home he will know and it will be a great surprise." Maria smiled as Liz looked at her brother.

"Can you say, "Sister?" Liz asked Alex.

"Sister." Alex repeated slowly through his beak, which only made Liz and Maria's smile and happiness grow.

As another day ended, Albert came home, all tired and worn out from the day, but he was happy to be with his family again and he was in for a big surprise when he came in, to see his family just waiting for him, with smiles on their faces.

"Why are you all so happy?" Albert asked, curious.

"Honey, out little one can finally talk." Maria cried as Albert was shocked, but it was a happy shock.

"Really?" Albert replied, beak wide open.

"Come on, Alex, say "daddy." Maria urged her son to greet his daddy home.

"Daddy." Alex said slowly to Albert, Albert smiling.

"It's a miracle!" Albert shouted out as he came and hugged his family.

After a tight hug, he took his son in his wings and softly threw him up and down in the air.

"My son can finally talk, he can finally talk!" Albert explained happily, Alex laughing.

As everyone grew tired and went to bed for the night, Albert, with Maria and Alex in his mother's wings went to Alex's nest and laid him down for the night, proud of their's son big leap in his life. As Maria settled Alex down and made him comfortable in his nest, she kissed her son's forehead, which Alex giggled at the feeling.

"Goodnight mommy, daddy." Alex said to his parents.

"Goodnight, my son." Albert replied happily.

And with that, the family slept that night, happy as can be. Now that Alex could finally talk, he no longer had the need to talk to his parents or sister by head or wing motions, he could finally speak with words to them. And as the days passed, Alex's vocabulary grew as he spoke more and more words and by the end of a couple of weeks later, Alex had a large vocabulary as well as saying complete sentences. However that is only one of the first leaps a chick experiences in his or her life, Alex would have to experience more in his young life.

Yay! Alex said his first words!

But now I really wonder what was my first word I ever said…