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You would
not believe the sight before their eyes! There
now stood before them and all around them in
a circle, real, live, flesh and blood birds
of all sizes. “Resucito!” Resucito!” they kept
chanting. (Resurrected!) Yep, they certainly
were. They no longer were wisps that you could
only see in the dark, but they had come back
to life and were visible and real! Julio reached
out and touched a flamingo. The flamingo said
“Estabien, tocame! Tengo carne y hueso!” (it’s
ok, touch me. I have flesh & bones!)
Then Julio did a little jig of excitement. Well
this was enough to start the whole crowd dancing.
They began to all squawk at once, “En el Nombre!”
(in the Name!) and were all doing a jig, sauntering,
swaying and what not. Then Simeon, the big McCaw
entered into the center of the crowd and held
up his hands for silence. He turned towards G & J
and bowed low. “Bendito los pies de los que traen
buenas noticias,” he said. (Blessed are the feet
of those who bring good news) And all the birds
began again to clap their wings (not much noise
in that though) and to play their instruments
again and shout different things. Aleluya! En
el Nombre! Amen! Gloria! Bendito!
How amazing! But G wasn’t that amazed at all;
she knew the power in the Name! They all spoke
and they all were real! In their excited, dancing
frenzy, what with all the hullabaloo of now having
real bodies after 1500 years, some of their feathers
fell to the deck, which J picked up for keepsakes
(pink and white ones, salmon and orange ones
of course, and even a deep raspberry one that
came from one special bird).
Simeon said above the hullabaloo, “Nuestros peregrinos
deben tener hambre,” and he clapped his ‘hands’
together. (Our pilgrims are probably hungry)
The crowd immediately disbursed to the dining
room, many of them going to the kitchen. G & J
went down the plankway with Simeon to the dining
room and seated themselves. White plates, crystal
goblets and pitchers were again set before them,
but this time by tall white cranes, wearing bow-ties
and black vests, with red tassles hanging from
them.
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