"What happened with Fifi?" Charlotte carried Ellie over to Fifi's cage.
"Mommy, look!"
Jamie was standing on top of a wooden bench. Leaning forward a little, he was poking something in the cage with a stick.
Standing opposite him, Robbie was making a scary face at Fifi. "Fifi! If you don't cooperate, we'll pluck out all your feathers!"
"What in the world is going on?" Charlotte exclaimed. As she took a closer look, she gasped.
The Sterling family's missing bracelet laid there, on top of a pile of bird poop in Fifi's cage.
Furthermore, Fifi was using its wings to guard the
bracelet.
When Jamie tried to extract the bracelet using a stick, Fifi would peck on his stick agitatedly.
"I found it this morning when I was trying to clean up Fill's cage..." Mrs. Berry said exasperatedly.
"The bracelet itself is also covered in bird poop. It’s pretty hard to notice," she added with a forced smile.
"Urgh! I knew it! Why else would it have gone missing? I kept it safe that day in my pencil case," Ellie smirked with her hands on her hips.
"So it's you!" She pointed angrily at Fifi.
"Dumb Fifi! The last time, you ate a chip, now a bracelet? Stealing is a crime, you know?" Robbie joined in on the reprimand.
"Well, Fifi seems to like shiny, sparkly things..." Jamie said, opening the cage to get the bracelet out.
Sensing danger, Fifi began flapping its wings in protest. "Mine! Mine!" It screeched.
"It's not yours!" Ellie was seriously feeling angry at her pet. "Do you even know what you have done? You got us in so much trouble! And Mommy had to pay so much money!"
"Mine! Mine!"
Unfortunately, Fifi did not seem to understand the message. Instead, it began to protect the poop-covered bracelet even more aggressively than before.
"Fifi, you can't do this! Give it back!"
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