Injured Little Bird

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I was on a split shift in work one day when a colleague called me out into the courtyard of our work. She had found a small bird lying on the ground under a tree with what appeared to be an injured wing. It was attempting to fly but was unable. I phoned my brothers girlfriend to ask for some advice (she is a vet nurse) and if I should ring the RSPCA. She explained that there would be nothing that they could really do and that we should leave it alone and it's mother would tend to it and eventually it's wing would heal and it would be fine. I then returned into the kitchen in work, and playing on the radio as I entered was the song Broken Wings by Mr Mister - which contains the lyric ' Take these broken wings, and learn to fly again, learn to live so free'.
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:21:40 +0000Coincidence ID:4731

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Anonymous (not verified)

Sun, 15/01/2012 - 7:38pm

when i was a child i found an injured baby sparrow which we let stay in the kitchen in a pot on a small shrub. One day my sister came into the kitchen carrying it and asking how it got into the hall as it could not fly.But she was carrying a different one which had somehow got in as well,thefirst one was still in the shrub pot.