Chapter 17

I saw it shake slightly again as I kept staring at it.

….there it goes again.

I swallowed my saliva, and slowly tiptoed my way towards it, killing the sounds of my footsteps.

I don’t think a human can hide in that little cart. It must be some kind of animal. What the hell is in it?

[Help!]

When I finally got right in front of the cart, I started hearing a voice more clearly, but it still sound small and muffled.

“Huu…haaa”

I breathed out and after I firmly convinced myself not to be surprised by anything I’m about to see, I slowly reached out to the cart filled with straws.

*

Flutter**flutter

*

I parted the straw from both sides and searched deeper and deeper inside. Soon, I finally found something.

Two small wings, a long tail, and a fluffy body.

This…

[Help! Help!]

The little creature continued to ask for help even after I removed all the straws. It looks like it couldn’t move it’s body as it wanted.

Only then could I let a sigh of relief, after confirming the identity of the endangered animal.

[I’ll get you out of there. Hang on.]

[Kyaaak!]

Then it’s fluttering gesture became more desperate.

[Shh, it’s okay. I won’t hurt you. I’m here to help.]

I stretched out my hand carefully towards the small bird, who’s constantly screaming in my head.

I held it’s whole body and safely lifted it up. Then a pile of straw came along, entangled in between the claws of the poor bird.

‘So you couldn’t move because your claw were stuck there.’

Still holding on to it’s body slightly, I carefully pulled out the straw that was entangled in it’s claws. And I was finally able to see the bird’s front properly.

….oh my gosh

As soon as I saw it, a big smile appeared in my face.

Round eyes, dainty beak, and stylish wings with a combination of three colors.

The animal I rescued from the pile of straw was a long-tailed tit.

[Thank you, sister!]

(t/n: the bird called her eonni so it’s a she, sooo cute! Also, this is a long -tailed tit. Isn’t it adorable? )