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失魂鳥命不該絕

我家的飯廳被窗三面環圍,中間兩塊玻璃特大,直望出後園,可以一邊吃飯一邊賞樹。後園不時有雀鳥出沒,或停歇,或覓食,其中冠藍鴉最多,羽毛薰衣草藍間著點點白色,煞是好看,飛行的姿態也美。

有一天,幾個朋友到我家小敘,大家正在談笑間,忽然「砰」的一聲,雖不至是巨響,也嚇了我們一跳。我四周巡視一番,只見一隻鳥死直直躺在後園草地旁的水泥地上,原來是剛才飛撞在飯廳前的大玻璃上,不知是撞暈了還是已經撞死。想來是那玻璃太光潔透明,這失魂鳥竟看不見,就那樣直飛過去。

那不是隻冠藍鴉,羽毛灰灰棕棕的,我認不出是甚麼鳥。有個朋友說鳥應該還未死,但脊椎一定是給撞斷了,不能飛動,始終還是一死。他建議我出去把鳥的頸捏斷,送牠到極樂世界,免牠多受痛苦。

殺螞蟻、蜘蛛、曱甴等小昆蟲,我每每心狠手辣,但要弄死一隻有毛有翼身體還暖暖的雀鳥,我真是下不了手。於是我慫恿朋友替我做,他怎也不肯,原來他只是得把口,殺生的膽量卻不比我大。最後我說等他們都走了後,我會把鳥放進膠袋裏焗死;沒有接觸,總容易些下手吧。

他們大約兩小時後才離去,那隻鳥就一直躺在那裏一動不動。他們走後,我正要拿膠袋替小鳥施行安樂死,牠竟忽然翻身站了起來,向前跳了兩三步,然後振翼飛走了!

假如我兩小時前就去把鳥放進膠袋裏,不知牠會不會醒來;如果牠仍然昏迷,便會枉死在我手下了。也算這鳥命不該絕。

11 則留言:

  1. 我也曾直接撼過玻璃,額頭得出1 cm裂紋,痛到呢~

    現在我都不殺螞蟻蜘蛛飛蛾了,放牠走,兩不相干,唯獨是曱甴,有時忍不住手,飛一飛拖鞋,打中算牠倒霉。

    叫我殺鳥,一定下不了手。更不明白為何人可以殺人。

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  2. karol,

    用槍殺甚麼也比較容易下手,因為距離大。

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  3. 這鳥大難不死,必有後福!

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  4. Cora,

    對,必有後福,找到個好歸宿。

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  5. It happened to me once. One morning, I saw an injured bird lying on my driveway, which had probably flown to the window and hit itself hard. I was so panic and didn't know what to do for a while. The bird was barely moving. Eventually, I called the local humane society to ask for advice. It turned out that one of their vets was an experts on birds. They sent someone to pick up the bird, but I was told that I was responsible for putting the bird in a box, ready for the pickup. I tried to move the bird, but it got scared. It wanted to fly away but dropped into my basement window well. I was crying when I tried several ways to put it into the box. I finally put it in the box and put laying of clothes on him to warm him up. The idea that the bird could die in front of me was horrifying for me. I checked on him every now and then as I waited. It was heart wrenching to see him struggling to stay alive.

    I don't know if the bird was saved in the end or it had to be euthanized. But I'm sure that this memory will stay with me for a long time.

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  6. 鳥是比較暧昧的生物。昆蟲你固然可以心狠手辣。不過,同樣是恒溫動物,如果你那天遇見的不是失魂鳥,而是體積大一點的失魂貓或失魂狗的話,你根本不會很輕易地就想到安樂死,甚至放到膠袋裏焗死就算數。

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  7. Whoever left the above comments in English,

    Thanks for sharing your experience. I wonder whether the event happened lately or when you were little.

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  8. It happened about a year ago. I still think about that day sometimes when I look out to the window or walk across that spot on my driveway.

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  9. 這件是讓我想到另一個問題, 如果有位昏迷不醒, 醫生都覺得不太可能救醒的病人, 我們到底應不應讓他安樂死呢?

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