Wednesday, August 16, 2006

In one motion, Mr. Hubbard slung his arm underneath my shoulder and carried me high into the air above my house. Before I could react, he spotted a bird flying in the distance to which he made some odd chirping noises. He then looked at me and asked,
"Do you know that there are seventy-three species of birds nesting on your property?"

"No, sir," I replied, trying not to look down.

"I've counted every species of bird on the planet and know where each and every last one of them lives."

"That's amazing," I yelled, "But how could you have done that?"

He looked at me with a wink and said, "Easy my boy, by learning all twelve of the avian languages."

Within a few seconds we were surrounded by thousands of birds all chirping in happy dialogue with Mr. Hubbard.