If I were a bird I would want to be a songbird.
First of all, songbirds bring happiness to a lot of people with their beautiful calls and make a nice background noise for me as I am writing this. Also, they have a certain character about them that is hard to describe.
They're mysterious yet common. We hear them all day long, they wake us up in the morning, and you might even see one hopping around your yard. Even so, most of the time songbirds are seen, not heard. They're like your favorite radio host, you get used to the sound of their voice, but never see what they look like, and then one day someone shows you a picture of them and you're thrown completely off guard. You may think a bird is just a brown little fur ball, but then you see it and its beautiful and full of color.
I feel like I can relate this to my life. People surprise me all the time. I see them around and kno what they look like, but when I finally talk to them it's never quite what I'm expecting. This has taught me to keep an open mind about everyone I meet. A perfect example is my best friend Abbey.
In sixth grade she was the new friend of my best friend Olivia, and I didn't want anything to do with her. She seemed so boring, and talked with a little bit of a southern accent wich I despised. Even though I didn't like her, I invited her places so that I wouldn't hurt Olivia's feelings. I found, after a short period of time, that she was one of the coolest people I had ever met, and now I'm even closer with her than I am with Olivia. Abbey was like a morning dove, she looked like a boring brown blob, and her song was low boring and monotonous, but once I grew to appreciate it, she became my favorite bird.
When I was younger I didn't think much about birds, they were nice, but I didn't appreciate how they connect so closely to my life. Now that I understand I have a newfound love for listening to birds.
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