Fluffy was a blue parakeet who died at age 10. She had a best friend, Tweety, who was green. Tweety was nice, and dealed with Fluffy's mean behavior.
I was home sick and couldn't go to school the day Fluffy died. I went outside for some fresh air, and went back in. My Dad called me to him, and he asked me, "How long do parakeets live?"
I answered, "Up to twenty years." He sighed and told me, "Fluffy died."
"Yeah right! Dad, stop joking!" I said. I thought he was joking, but I started to tremble and my heart raced. He didn't answer, and I ran into his arms and started to cry loudly.
"His body is on the porch," my Dad said, his voice trembling.
Just to make sure, I ran to their cage and I saw Tweety, shivering-all by herself. I looked on the back porch, and at first, I couldn't find the body. I thought my Dad did something with Fluffy- like put him in another cage and hid her... he was always joking.
He saw me looking around, and he said with tears in his eyes, "Under the chair." I looked under the chair, and there I saw, a small blue body. I grabbed Fluffy up and cradled him. Before I did, I screamed. I kept on saying to Fluffy's body, "I love you! I love you! I love you!".
Dad saw me doing this and he said, "Stop doing that. She may have been sick and you don't want Tweety to catch it." I put Fluffy down.
"Do we have to bury her?" I asked.
"Well, yes! She'll start rotting, and you don't want to see that," my Dad answered. My Dad found an empty light bulb box and I put a tissue matress and pillow in it. I put Fluffy's body in it. For old times sake, I told him a story. After the story, I put her body in it, head on the pillow, and put a tissue cover over her that reached her neck. I put some seeds in it, duct taped the box lid to the box, and decorated it. My Dad buried her in our backyard with rose bushes surrounding her burial place.
Tweety acted very strange after the death, and I got two more parakeets to cheer her up. I ended up having ten birds, including Tweety. Tweety is still alive today, still mourning over her best friend's death.