[ WP ] You travel to a parallel dimension where , even though birds can talk and humans are incapable of speech , everything else is pretty much normal . That is until the humans hear YOU speak for the first time .

The human in his swinging cage stared in awe of his miracle comrade. He made a bunch of weird noises, and pointed at Ken ’ s mouth and throat. 
 
 “ Yup, ” said Ken, sitting in a swinging cage with a bird ’ s newspaper for a carpet. There was an article about how the mayor was going on maternity leave, as she had to sit on her eggs for a few months. “ I can talk, yup. ” 
 
 The human in the cage beside him of the pet store ‘ ooh ’ d ’ and ‘ ahhh ’ d, ’ and smiled. This was most unnatural, and fascinating, even for a bird brained human. He kept gesturing for Kenneth to do it again, and staring with fascination at Ken ’ s clothes. 
 
 “ I really wish they ’ d give you guys clothes, ” said Ken. “ I mean, you ’ re doing great so I get why you don ’ t care, but it ’ s pretty distracting. You have a name by the way? Can you sound something out? ” 
 
 The human swallowed some spit, and tried to sound something out. It was almost like he sort of understood Ken. But he just made a bunch of strained leeeeelaaaaaleeeee noises. 
 
 “ I ’ ll call you Leeloo like in Fifth Element then, ” said Ken. “ Maybe you can learn how to talk like her someday too. ” 
 
 Ken was suddenly distracted by the sound of flapping wings. 
 
 The ceilings were extra high to facilitate putting cages way up on the walls, and hanging them up. Kenneth could get out of his cage easily, but he was forty feet up, by his estimates. There were humongous birds all over, looking at all kinds of pets in the store. Tucans, eagles, owls, herons, all of them looking for a cute pet to bring home and play with. 
 
 A large green parrot flew by his cage. 
 
 “ In there dad! ” shouted the green parrot. 
 
 “ What is it Jake? ” asked his dad, wearing glasses that sat at the edge of his beak. 
 
 “ I want *that one*. ” 
 
 Papa parrot peered through his spectacles. 
 
 “ Why *that* one son? ” said papa parrot. 
 
 Jake flew around in a whirlwind, excited. 
 
 “ I heard it *talk*, ” said Jake. 
 
 Papa parrot chirp laughed. 
 
 “ You have quite an imagination son, ” said papa parrot. “ Humans can ’ t *talk*. ” 
 
 “ But he *did*, ” said Jake. “ And I had this *amazing* dream the other night of an alternate reality, and in *that* reality, no *birds* could speak, and human beings were the dominant species on the planet. It ’ s like it ’ s coming *true*. ” 
 
 All the birds in the store chirp laughed, and squinted in a cute way while their heads did this weird sort of laugh dance. Jake fumed with frustration. 
 
 “ That ’ s a good one, ” said papa parrot. “ I can ’ t even imagine that to be honest, but to be completely honest son, I just don ’ t see it. ” Papa parrot turned to Leeloo, lapping water out of a basin. “ This one over *here* looks much more entertaining. ” 
 
 *Fucking serious*, thought Ken. *I ’ m CLEARLY reading the newspaper*. 
 
 Jake dropped his head, and flapped his wings with less enthusiasm. He looked to the side. 
 
 *They ’ re not paying attention, * thought Ken. *I can open this cage, and wing it from there. They won ’ t be able to fly with my weight, will they? * 
 
 Ken kept staring at the ground, and walked slowly over to the door. Papa parrot opened Leeloo ’ s cage, and went inside. He sort of pet him with his wing. Leeloo liked the way the feathers felt. They tickled. Jake stared at the ground, and mumbled something. 
 
 “ I *never* get what I wan- ” 
 
 Jake shouted at the human suddenly straddling his neck and back. 
 
 “ GOTCHA, ” screamed Ken. “ YOU ’ RE getting me the hell out of here. ” 
 
 “ WHOA, ” shouted Jake. “ I *knew* you could talk. ” 
 
 He went into a whirlwind freefall, flying by all the other terrified birds in the store. He couldn ’ t hold up with Jake on his back. They flew all over, and Ken got a good view of the bird metropolis all around him, through the windows in the pet store tower. 
 
 Jake flailed, and laughed. 
 
 “ *Hold on buddy*, ” said Jake, laughing. 
 
 There were glass windows all around, that Jake could easily crash right into, and cut himself a million times over on. Ken feared for the worse when he saw Jake eye one window below them. 
 
 They flew out of the pet store tower, into the clear blue sky. 
 
 “ This is a *rush*, ” whispered Ken. 
 
 Jake heard him, and turned his head almost all the way around, as he soared. 
 
 “ I ’ m gon na call you *Miracle*, ” whispered Jake. He shed a bird tear. “ And you ’ re gon na be my best friend in the whole wide world. ” 

