Before Olivia knew what was happening, she was back on the perch with the cage door closed. Despite chirping and hopping around the inside of the cage, Katie paid her no further attention. Deciding being panicked and jumping about was futile, all she could do was watch as Katie sat back at her desk and started doing homework.
Settling back on the perch, Olivia became lost in her thoughts:
-How will I get out of here? I don't belong here!
~Why do I want to leave? Owner is so kind!
-I need to find those socks again!
~I'm hungry, what about a nice juicy mealworm?
-I'm trapped in a cage, I can't escape!
~The outside world is large and daunting - I'm safe here!
Finally managing to focus again, Ollie noticed it was dark outside Katie's room. How much time had passed?
Shortly after, she heard Katie sigh. Looking over Ollie saw Katie rise from her desk and move towards the cage.
Katie opened the cage door and moved back to sit on her bed. Thinking more clearly again, Ollie saw it as a chance to escape, so jumped straight out of the cage and flew up to sit on the curtain rail - he could see the whole room from there. 'Hang on, did I just fly? It came so naturally and without me even thinking about it!' he considered.
Looking around the room he saw Katie smiling up at him, her desk, her bed, some clothes strewn about... It all seemed so huge from his tiny perspective! 'Hang on, what's that?' He considered for a moment, eyeing something white on the floor under the bird cage. Swooping down for a closer look he was elated as he landed ontop of a white pair of socks. 'Yes - I've found them.' He thought. 'Now I can change back to normal!'
Trying to position his tiny bird feet into the opening of one of the socks was tricky. They were so cumbersome he struggled to move them. Deciding after a while that he needed some help he started tweeting and hopping up and down to attract Katie's attention. Finding it somewhat amusing and laughing slightly at her canary jumping on some socks, Katie left her bed and walked over to Olivia. Lifting the socks up she eyed them. "Hmmm, I don't recognise these" she mumbled. Hearing Olivia suddenly tweeting very loudly again she looked back at the canary who was still perched on the socks. "Sigh...You have it so easy Olivia. No school. No homework. No chores. I sometimes wish my life was as simple as yours!"
Suddenly feeling drowsy, Katie quickly moved Olivia back into the cage. Olivia seemed very energetic, continuously chirping whilst hopping all around the bars of the cage. 'What's gotten into her?' Olivia considered as she crouched behind the cage to retrieve the nighttime cover before draping the blackout cloth over the cage to try and force Olivia to sleep, or at least be quiet.
Staggering over to the bed, her head spinning a little, Katie collapsed and blacked out.