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The birds outside the school compound seemed to chirp a little louder than usual that quieter-than-usual Wednesday morning. Loud enough for Monchies to hear them from inside the closed-window CRaVy. There was one bird calling that sounded very familiar to my ears but all I could think of was the ‘taptibau puyuh padang’ pantoum (pantun).
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Edrick: What kind of bird is it Mom?
Mom: I’m not sure, sweetheart.
Kitreena: You can find it out on the internet, Mommy.
Mom: Well, I need to know what the bird looks like, at least.
Edrick: Oh! I know! I know! We can catch de bird. Den we put him in a clear plastic bag. And den we plug him in to de computer. And den, and den… de bird will make a sound. And den de computer can tell us what kind of bird he is.
Kitreena and Mom: *have a five-second silence and…* Hahahahahahaha!
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Kitreena and I are still wondering to this day why the bird had to be put in a clear plastic bag. We asked Edrick, but he was not going to answer us any more because of our ‘ Hahahahahahaha!’
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De boy turned into an Angry Bird – Unplugged.
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Hehehe… Oh sayangku Edrick…