THE AVENGERS OF DAVID AND MACAU

This is the story of Macau, the beautiful bird of southern Belize. Macau is one of Belize's most beautiful birds, and its species is endangered due to its illegal sale and purchase.

A boy named David lived in a beautiful village in the south of Belize, near a forest. David loved birds, but he was against capturing birds and keeping them in cages, he often explained to his friends. Do not keep birds in cages. Let them fly in the air. Birds love to be free; the beautiful sounds of birds make the environment beautiful. David himself had been in prison for a long time, and he knew what it would be like if a free man was enslaved or imprisoned.

What happens to a human being in captivity? David had gone through all this, so he became very sensitive, and he could not see any human or bird in captivity. Whenever he had time, he would go far into the forest.

He spends most of the time in nature; he enjoys the sound of birds flying from one tree to another. One day, he was sitting under a tree in the forest; suddenly, his eyes fell on a bird lying on the ground, the bird was bleeding. He got up quickly and approached. Its beautiful wings were covered with blood.

It looked as if a hunter had injured him. The bird was in terrible condition; David picked him up and hurried home. Shortly after, he reached home and cleaned his wounds, and bandaged his wings. Macau's condition improved a bit, but he was not able to eat anything. He was looking at David intently as he wanted to thank him. David gave him some water. After drinking the water, his condition improved, but he could not eat due to weakness. David stayed with him for a long time. At night, David locked the bird in a cage to be safe from the cat. Early in the morning, he returned to the cage. The bird was in better condition than before, and he was able to eat. David gave him some food, which he ate a few hours later.

A few days later, Macau recovered, and he became very familiar with David and became his friend. David would sit next to him for a long time and talk to him, and the bird would listen to David carefully but did not answer. A few days later, Macau's wounds healed, and he was able to fly. David thought that now its time to release the bird, so he returned to the forest and flew in the open air.

David opened the cage door, the bird slowly came out of the cage and then sat down on the wall. After sitting on the wall for a while, he looked at David and made some noises as he was thanking David, and then quickly flew into the air and circled David's house several times, happily. He made noises and then flew to the forest. David was watching him flying into the forest. David was happy that he saved a bird's life, but he was also sad his friend Macau, leave him forever.

It was evening time; when David used to talk to him. Today David was sitting alone looking at the empty cage of Macau and thinking, Where will Macau be in the jungle, in what condition, and what will he be doing?

He was thinking when suddenly he heard Macau's voice coming from the forest, and he came straight and sat down in front of David. David was delighted. David stepped forward and called Macau. Macau also looked very happy; David talked for a long time with Macau, then Macau went into the cage. David closed the cage door and went to sleep.

Now David would open the door of the Macau cage at eight in the morning every day, and Macau would leave the cage and go to the forest and come back to David in the evening.

One day David was waiting for the bird; it was too late; Macau did not return. David was very upset. He thought, what if any hunter captured the bird or injured him, or maybe he was harmed by any other bird; David stayed up all night and couldn't sleep because he was so upset. David left for the forest in the morning in search of his friend. He searched for him for a whole day, but he couldn't find any trace of Macau.

David was very disappointed after searching Macau for a long time and left for home; in the evening. David was sitting unhappily near Macau's cage, thinking maybe Macau would come back, but he didn't come back. All hope was gone; David thought Macau would not return.

The next day David went to the bazaar to buy something for himself; David was standing near the pet shop suddenly he heard some noise coming from the shop; Macau saw David and started to make noise so he could listen to him from a distance. David turned around and saw Macau trapped in a cage at a shop. David hurried to the store.

David asked the shopkeeper where he got this bird. The shopkeeper said he had bought it from a hunter who caught the birds. David told the shopkeeper that capturing birds was inhumane and immoral. They should be free; David bought Macau from the shopkeeper and brought it home. Macau was pleased that he was back home.

David thought that people should need to know that capturing birds is illegal and immoral. He started to educate people about the bird's freedom. After a while, there was no cage in any house in his village in which any bird was imprisoned. It was David's greatest achievement to convince people that a bird's natural home is not a cage, but the trees of the forest where they can live their lives freely and happily, every day. On days off from work, David would take all his friends to the open air of the forest, and they would all enjoy the beautiful sounds of birds in the forest.