Chikku

Balu's family was a pet loving family. They have a cat. They also feed the crows that visit his house daily. So Balu was always fond of birds and animals. He always loved them. Balu was at his home for the summer holidays. He heard a strange clamor outside his house. There was a parrot astrologer on the road. He was wondering what was the astrologer doing with a parrot in the cage. That was the first time Balu was seeing a Parrot astrologer. He became excited. He immediately asked his mother about the guy with a parrot. His mother explained him abour parrot astrology. Balu became sad. He started feeling sympathetic for the parrot in the cage. Being a lover of birds, he wanted the bird to be free flying around the sky. He immediately insisted his mother to call the astrologer home. He ran into the kitchen and brought two bananas. In the meantime, the astrologer was inside his home.
Balu gave the bananas to the astrologer and asked him to feed the parrot. He felt an urge to ask the astrologer about the parrot being locked in the cage. He waited until the parrot ate the whole banana. He loved to watch birds. Finally he asked the astrologer and he even offered the astrologer good money to let the bird go. The astrologer grinned. Then he started telling about the poor parrot chikku. The name of the parrot was chikku. The astrologer had found the bird abandoned near the lake side a year ago. The poor bird was injured then. Then he revealed the shocking truth that it could not fly. The astrologer was also very poor. So he started using the parrot to earn a living for himself as well as chikku. Balu was almost in tears. He gave some money to the astrologer from his savings and he saw them leaving.