Rio the series 4
Chapter 10 Mother's day
A relaxing peaceful morning in the Jungle of Rio de Janeiro. Today was a very special day for every Mother in Brazil. Today was Mother's Day a celebration that honors Mothers and Motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of Mothers in society. Or how the Brazilians would pronounce it, "Dia da Mae".
Blu and his offspring had woken up early to surprise Jewel for Mother's day. Even though this was a day for children for their mothers, Blu still had his own very special gift for her.
"Ok, kids, we're going to go and surprise your Mother." Blu said to his children in a whisper.
"With what?" Azul asked, also whispering.
"We're going to get her favorite food, an orchid, and a hug from all of you." Blu answered Azul's question. "And to finish off, a poem from me. By my calculations, we can do it all in time."
"Ok." the Blue Macaw kids replied, in unison.
"And a kiss from me." Blu added, causing his children to groan in disgust. "Let's go."
The Blue Macaw family took flight into the orange morning sky. After a few minutes went by, Jewel slowly opened her turquoise eyes, blinking them a little where she noticed Blu, Rey, Azul, Crystal, and Jessica were nowhere to be seen.
"Blu? Kids?" Jewel called. She was starting to get a little worried, as she lifted her talons and stood out of the nest.
The female Macaw looked around her hollow, trying to find sign of her family, until "Jewel!"
Jewel recognized that voice, it was her mate. Jewel sighed in relief, and flew out of the hollow, onto the ground. She couldn't believe what she saw. Blu stood in front, by the looks of it; he was holding something behind his back, with his kids, who were each holding different fruits.
"Happy Mother's day, Mommy! " "Happy Mother's day, Jewel!" the family greeted with smiles.
"Thank you." Jewel smiled, walking over to her husband and offspring.
"Here, Mommy." the kids said, handing her each mango, a star fruit, an orange and some grapes. Jewel giggled in delight, and accepted the food. The offspring of Jewel hugged like Blu instructed
"Thank you, Rey, Azul, Crystal, Jessica." Jewel thanked, setting the fruits down before turning to Blu, who had been silent the entire time. "Do you have something for me, Blu?"
"Mm-hmm" Blu replied nodding. "Close your eyes."
Jewel smiled, and closed her eyes. When they were closed, Blu revealed a white orchid. Blu sneaked up behind Jewel, and attached the orchid to her head feathers.
"Okay, open them." Blu said.
Jewel opened her eyes, and felt the orchid Blu placed on her head.
"Wow." Jewel said, adjusting the flower.
Blu put his wings around Jewel and Jewel put her wings around his lower back.
"Happy Mother's day, Jewel." Blu said, planting a kiss on her head.
"Thank you, Blu." Jewel smiled, sharing a hug with her kind-heart husband.
Somewhere else in the Jungle of Rio, the female Yellow Macaw known as Amanda, smiled in appreciation. Her son, Raul, had brought her a couple of grapes (Amanda's favorite food).
"Happy Mother's day, Mama." Raul said smiling.
Amanda ate one of the grapes, and picked up her son into a hug.
"Thank you, sweetie." Amanda said, closing her eyes.
Raul relaxed, closing his big blue eyes, and snuggled his head into Amanda's chest.
At the Eastern part of the Jungle, the female Scarlet Macaw named Carly held her mother's day gift's which were a pink flower, her husband Tony had got for her, and an orange from her daughter, Rose.
"Thank you, Tony, Rose, thank you both very much." Carly said, picking up Rose, into a hug.
Tony joined the hug, closing his eyes, and nuzzling her head.
"I love you, Mommy." "I love you, Carly." both Tony and Rose said simultaneously.
"I love you both too." Carly replied to her mate and daughter.
The Scarlet Macaw family continued to hug, enjoying the moment they had together. They were separated once and never again would that happen.
Moscow, Russia
Somewhere else in the world about 7329.34 miles from Rio de Janeiro (according to Blu's calculations anyway), the Russian Blue Macaw named Lev hugged his wife Lola and his new born son Yuri.
Yuri looked exactly like his fathers with the same black line from his head to his tail feathers. Lev had given Lola a small piece of wood that he and his son shaped like a love heart.
"Happy Mother's day, Mom." Yuri said smiling.
"Thank you, sweetie." Lola thanked, stroking his head. Yuri yawned, probably tired from making the heart, and fell asleep on Lev's wing.
Lev smiled and put his wings around Lola, and planted a kiss on her head before hugging her. "Happy Mother's day, моя любовь (my love)"
"Thank you, мой русский ястреб любви (my Russian love hawk)" Lola replied.
The Blue Macaw's continued to hug as the sun started to set (since the time is different there).
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
For Mother's day for Eva, the Keel-billed Toucan, Rafael had brought her a yellow lily, Blu had suggested, since Rafael had never brought her any in a long time. As for their eighteen children, they each gave Eva a hug, almost covering up her entire body.
Rafael chuckled, and placed his big beak on Eva's. "Happy mother's day, my Juicy little mango."
"Thank you, my Pudgy papaya." Eva replied.
Back to the Blue Macaw family, Blu had one more special gift for Jewel. A Poem he wore himself.
"Jewel?" Blu said to Jewel, who was chatting with her children.
"Yeah?" Jewel replied.
"I still have one more gift for you." Blu added.
Jewel smiled excitedly. "You have? What is it?"
"I write you a Poem, you want to hear it?" Blu offered smiling.
"Go ahead." Jewel smiled. Blu cleared his throat, and remembered what he had been practicing for a month.
"Ok, here goes." Blu replied.
Happy Mother's day, my love
I love you, ever since we first met above
You are my kind, Gem of the forest
Even though I may be some times a Dumbest
We first kissed when we are falling from the sky
You kissed me, for my act and courage, giving me the ability to fly
I flew for the first time, carrying you safely in my talons
It was scary at first, like getting fired at by cannons
It was Nigel who broke your wing, when you tried to help me
Which made me sad, since you like to be in the Jungle, wild and free
I stood by your side until your wing healed
And we were released into the Jungle, with each other like a heart shield
We lived together, and eventually, did what I came here for, to save our kind
But I didn't have children with you when we met, because it was not on my mind
I have lived here more than a year, with you, my kids, and friends
Even when I made mistakes, I always found a way to make amends
I write this Poem for you, to show how much I care for you
Because without you I couldn't help be but blue
Without you I don't know what to do
Without you my life feels like a zoo
I love you Jewel, and I wouldn't trade you for any girl in the world
You are and always will be, my chained-to-each other Bird
Blu finished his Poem, and looked at Jewel, who had a massive smile on her light grey beak. Jewel quickly ran over to her mate, and hugged Blu very tightly.
"Blu, that was beautiful." Jewel whispered snuggling into his neck with slight tears of joy.
"Glad you liked it." Blu replied, smiling, also putting his wings around Jewel. He wrote it from the bottom of his heart and meant every word of it.
The lovebirds cuddled with their children nearby as the sun began to arise further.
This is the only idea I could come up with for today, but I thought it went well. I'm not the best when it comes to poetry, but I try. Chapter 11 coming soon.