Cookie

So my little sister/only sister comes in the form of an African Grey parrot Cookie. This addition to our family came when we were living in Hong Kong in 2001 and my brother Sachin managed to convince my mother to let a pet parrot into the household.

See, the odd thing with my family is that they are a huge fan of "odd" pets. I mean, I remember begging for a dog for years when I was younger...but NOOOoooo..I was never responsible enough to have a dog or a cat, so I tried desperately to flag down strays but they were always flea infested and that is never a good thing. Anyway, prior to Cookie, we had been through turtles and parakeets, as well as a stray dog we tried to keep that we named Spike and a stray cat that I found named Pussy. I know...IT scratched me one day and I never saw it again....

Anyway, so now we are into our like what...7th year with Cookie, and she is a NUT. I mean, this bird is so unbelievably human-like it's crazy. She eats what we eat, does what we do, and my mother gets on Skype and makes us talk to her! I mean....*sigh* I'm not really sure what it is but that bird has got us hooked :) She still kinda has this thing with me...I personally think because I'm the "other daughter" and whenever I'm back home mum is always too busy with me to give her the attention she normally gets.

In any case....I guess I love her....all I know is a world without Cookie is something I can NOT imagine!