Abstract
Do you remember hearing the phrase,
''free as a bird''? I do. And for years I
assumed it had true significance, that is
until I really became interested in birds
and wanted to possess some of my own.
It was only after constructing cages and
securing them with locks to keep out
the neighborhood rascals, that I realized
I was a warden and these creatures were
my captives. The lot of them, including
parakeets, finches, doves and canaries
were birds in gilded cages, surrendering
some of their freedom and much of
their responsibility to be fed, watered
and put to bed by a human being.