Loyal Pet

One of my Turkish hosts was sitting in the kitchen a few months back when in flew this tiny yellow parakeet.




A basket was found for the bird and a little bed was constructed from papers and tissue. One afternoon, my host rushed home remembering that the living room balcony door was wide open a mere ten feet from the new little pet. But the parakeet was calmly resting in its new adopted home, which is how it earned its name, Sadık--Turkish for loyal.