Bonnie really liked living in Rushworth because there are lots of nice people who live there. Bonnie also enjoyed the bush down the road near the swimming pool.
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(Sulphur Crested Cockatoo photo with thanks fromFlickr Creative Commons download by -aussiegall)
Bonnie's family had a pet, a sulphur crested cockatoo. The cockatoo was called - you guessed it, 'Cocky'.
Now one day when Bonnie was about five years old she decided to put her little finger, her pinky, in Cocky's cage and do you know what? The Cocky bit Bonnie's pinkie!
The cockatoo bit Bonnie so hard the blood dripped down her finger and onto her hand. The cut was so deep Bonnie could even see the bone! Bonnie yelled out: "Hamish! Hamish! Cocky's bitten me."
Hamish, Bonnie's older brother, took Bonnie up into the house. As soon as Bonnie's mum, Debbie, saw Bonnie's finger she knew exactly what to do because she was an ambulance officer at Murchison.
First of all Debbie washed Bonnie's finger to clean all the germs off and then she put on a bandaid and a bandage. Debbie held Bonnie's hand and said: "All better now."
Bonnie learnt a really important thing that day: never, ever put your little finger in a cockatoo's cage.
(© This story was created by Daryll Bellingham with assistance from Bonnie
as part of the Campaspie Regional Library Service Rushworth Branch vacation program on 13th January, 2009.)
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