Today in the middle of class, I was reading a book to my students. Then all of a sudden, out of no where, one of my students named Adam calls out, "A BIRD!!" I look to my right and there inside my classroom by the window was a small bird frantically flying in place. I shrieked. After a few seconds, the bird stopped flapping, realizing that it could not fly through the window. It then proceeds to fly across to the other side of my classroom towards another closed window (keep in mind, all of my windows were actually closed). At this point, all of my students are out of their seats and running all over the place. Good luck trying to get 25 fifth graders seated during all of this excitement. So, then it flies back to the other side of the room again. After a few more seconds, it flies back to the other side. Then, finally, we decide to try and open a window so that it can fly out, but as we do that...the bird FLIPS out and flies towards the opposite window and SPLAT...flies straight into the window at FULL speed
! Then, as if in slow motion, it falls onto its side flat on the countertop. We all *gasp* and stare at the bird which apparently looks as if it had stopped moving. When we look at it carefully, we can see that its still breathing. One of my students, Xavier, then walks slowly towards the bird and cups it in his hands. He places it gently on the floor outside and my whole class gathers at the window to see what will happen next to the bird. We see the rising and falling of its body begin to slow down...did it stop breathing? I didn't know what to do next, so I called the office to give them a report as to what happened. Then, one of the ladies from the office comes with a box top, scoops up the bird and walks off. All of my students freak out because they think the bird is dead.
At recess, I went to talk to the lady in the office and she reassures me that the bird was just stunned. After a few minutes, the bird finally calmed down and was able to fly away home. *phew*...what an exciting morning :)
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