The piercing shrieks of a colic fit rattled through the house. Sleep deprived but propelled by a mother’s instinct, she stumbled to the nursery only to find the infant asleep. Down the corridor, the macaw wailed on. Frantically, she began to search for the phone number of the nearest zoo.
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