Moly's Journey

I love this time of the year, it’s like I’m going home for what the humans call Christmas, I’d love to go somewhere nice, definitively somewhere snowy, with a mountain. I know exactly where I’m headed. I’ve always loved to travel alone, even though us birds don’t usually or never do that; but this is how I see it, I make the rules, I stop whenever I want, and go wherever I want, I enjoy all the little adventures, because believe me when you do a three to four weeks flight, it’s an adventure!

Here I take off, it’s time.It will start to get warm in a few weeks where I live now and as I am a snowy owl, snow is calling me and I’m definitively responding to it!

 As I flew all over the city, I was thinking about all the little things I’ll miss, let me give you a tour.

I used to live on the biggest tree in this beautiful parc over there, it’s convenient because all the little birds would come by night to feed over the nuts this lady human would give. In the morning I would take a dip in the lake not far away, then over the day, as I’m minding my own business, I have to bear small humans staring at me, trying to catch me and throwing bread crumbs at me, while I’m trying to sleep.

I always loved watching humans crossing the parc in the morning, there is this human guy with the blue shirt, he always seems to be in a rush, and as he runs, sometimes he spills his black liquid all over him, oh and this human girl always getting this delicious square golden food from this store nearby , delicious I assume by the great smell it spreads, I tried to get it from her multiple times, but I didn’t succeed. And let’s not forget that old human with five of her dogs, she would walk them every day and they’d always bark at me, Am I that intimidating? I certainly won’t miss that; the black big dog almost ate me once.

Now I’m seeing new images, nothing really interesting for now, I’m just overflying landscapes, houses a lot of them.

Anyways, it’s been a while since I’ve been in the air by now, I’m starting to feel really hungry, Maybe I should stop for a snack, I deserved it, or maybe I should wait, I’m almost crossing a big ocean, I could eat my favorite fish. I’m voting fish. Up in the air I meet a lot of new friends, that’s the coolest part, it’s a time killer, when you meet a new bird and start a conversation, time flies by, not that it does not when I’m all by myself. Let me go some feet down, I’m seeing something huge from above, a big ass boat with some people on it, and I’m definitively smelling fish, I’m going for it, It’s time for lunch!

Seeing it from close by, it’s a sailing boat, I’ll be very discreet and no one will notice me. I see a lot of fish in a bucket, I made sure that no one was looking at me and I flew right next to it.

-What do you think you’re doing? Says a parrot

-Hi, didn’t see you there! I responded; can I have some?  I’ve been flying for a moment now.

I really tried to be polite here, but the truth is I hate parrots, they always give me attitude.

-It’s my lunch, but we can share if you want.

-Oh, okay thank you! I responded surprised

-So, where are you going? He asked me with food in his mouth

-I don’t know, I’ll know when I see it, it’s beautiful and snowy, I’m calling it wonderland And I have to go now, thanks for your hospitality.

-I’m Edward.

-Moly!

As I’m in the sky, I started to feel the cold on my wings, I’m certainly in the right direction. As I am admiring the beautiful city I’m above, all lighten up, humans gathering in a circle filled with snow and just going back in forth bumping into each other, I don’t know what sport that is, but they seem to enjoy it. Just a little far away, some music playing, no actually people are singing in front of a big giant tree they sacrificed and decorated with round colors and glittery stuff, I can see how they like it, it’s beautiful. As I sat down on a bench, the wind started to hit hard, and just like that, it started raining. Everyone was rushing to their homes, apparently a storm is about to begin. I was hiding in a tree, but everything was falling on me, until, I saw a little window from the third floor of a building opened, so I rushed to enter. It was such a cozy and warm house; I was thinking I could sleep here and then go back to the sky.

I’ve heard some voices as I entered the house, moaning, actually. As I followed the sound, I found myself in a bedroom with two humans over each other, they were copulating, the human girl was going all in, until she saw me staring and then screamed her heart out. I mean I can’t blame her, a white owl with green glowy eyes in the dark, that’s a bit scary. So, I ran away from that house and found myself a little cocoon where I could sleep until the storm passes.

Now that I’ve got all of my strengths back, it’s time to finish the ride. I feel like this trip took more than usual, I started to think that maybe I went the wrong direction, should I ask for directions? It’s when I felt flakes of snow going down my wings that I was wondering maybe not! and then, I saw it, that huge white mountain far away, the lake with the beautiful swans, a gigantic forest with beautiful trees I can live on , and a lot of elegant human houses. I took a deep breath and laid on the highest roof I could found, to enjoy this incredible view, because I knew I was finally home.