Chapter 373
Fina took the initiative to ask to go to sleep in the game on the return trip. Since it knew that the flight would not fly over Egypt, it would be too lazy to waste time. The seat of the plane was not comfortable. It was even more frightening when it took off.
Zhang Zi An is happy to agree that it is enough to save a ticket, just buy a Richard’s seat.
When he came to the United States, Richard’s seat was close to the aisle. When he went back, he learned to be smart. He asked to sit in the window, and Zhang Zi An sat next to it.
As soon as he got on the plane, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the flight attendant on this flight was of good quality, tall and young, and can be tolerated. I don’t know if it’s a United Thanksgiving holiday. So, from the plane, his The eyes have not been willing to leave a few flight attendants.
Richard jumped into his seat and looked across the portholes at Los Angeles International Airport.
A silver-gray giant bird docked on the runway. From time to time, the plane took off or landed. The airport shuttle bus carried passengers between the various terminals. Even in the rain, the third-largest airport in the United States is still a busy scene.
The surrounding passengers talked in various languages about whether the rainy days would affect the normal take-off of the flight, but so far, no delays have been received from the captain.
Richard feels a little bored. Zhang Zi An has made great progress in speaking during this trip to the United States. Ordinary conversations do not need to be able to communicate with them, and he does not speak at all. His eyes are more busy than airport shuttle buses… …
I knew this before, and it simply asked me to go back to the game to sleep well. When I got home, it could make a big noise when I was tempted by Zhang Zi An.
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She sat in the window seat and waited quietly for the plane to take off. On the right hand side of her is a rude middle-aged man with a savvy and sharp-eyed look. From time to time, she looks at her with a critical eye, like looking at the goods that are waiting for the price. This kind of gaze always reminds her of her ex-husband, and She is pretty sure that at some point after the plane takes off, he will definitely look for opportunities to talk to her.
So she took the laptop out of the suitcase, opened it and put it on her lap, started the document and put it in a very busy way. She has not yet started a plan for the next relationship, at least not now.
The document is a generalized speech that only needs to be trimmed in a few small details.
In recent years, she has become accustomed to writing such speeches, even more often than writing her academic reports, and running around for the Alex Foundation to raise money. Someone can understand the content of her speech. Some people can’t, and accuse her of being too radical. To this day, there are still people who think that Alex is just another joke. It is a replica of the horse named “Smart Hans”, relying on the inadvertent hints of others to answer questions, and others say her insights on the animal brain. It is a castle in the air, without any proof to support.
Yes, there is no proof to support, because the only “proof” has left the world forever.
There are several other African grey parrots in her research institute, all of which are excellent, but none of them are as good as Alex. It is a genius – after it leaves, she is increasingly confirming this.
As Alex’s deeds made her famous, the lab’s funds gradually loosened, and it wasn’t necessary to have Alex and two other parrots and a big living crowd squeezing in a small room of less than 6 square meters, as many years ago. These are the legacy of Alex, but unfortunately it has no chance to enjoy.
She turned her head slightly and stared at her own face in the porthole. She was wearing a gray-black suit with a turtleneck sweater. Today’s Los Angeles is a bit cold, and she is a little old. The wrinkles on her face are much more than a decade ago, and the skin is weak and loose.
It has been ten years since Alex died, and she still can’t let it go.
Why is the Grey Parrot?
Many people have asked her this question, so that she has to put the answer to this sentence often in the first paragraph of the speech.
African Grey Parrot is one of the most popular pets in humans. As early as in 4000’s ancient Egyptian murals, pet parrots appeared. They are the easiest to learn and the most clearly articulated human language.
She stared at the Los Angeles International Airport in the rain and rain, and couldn’t help but recall the first time she met Alex, a pet shop near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. It was only 1 and was squatting with eight other birds. The cage is waiting to be adopted, and she has chosen it, a one-ninth chance.
A huge Boeing 787 passenger plane is parked on the runway not far away. Such a behemoth is generally an international flight. She can’t help but guess where the plane will fly. Russia? China? Australia? Or what other distant country? The airport passenger car has been evacuated and the cabin door is closed. 787 is following the instructions of the control tower and is ready to take off to vacate the runway.
The captain’s broadcast sounded in the cabin:
“The plane will soon take off, and now the cabin crew will carry out a security check. Please sit down, fasten your seat belt, and put away the seat back and the small table. Please confirm that your belongings have been placed correctly above the head. Below the rack and the seat. This flight is non-smoking throughout the flight. Please do not smoke during the flight.”
She grinned and closed the lid of the laptop and hugged it in her arms. It seemed that she had to take the first step.
In a short while, the plane trembled, slowly sliding, gradually accelerating, and surpassed the 787 parked on the runway from the rear.
The moment the two machines passed by, her eyes seemed to capture a familiar gray in one of the 787 cabin windows. She snorted and quickly turned her body, trying to get the gray to stay in the field for a second or two.
She was not very realistic because of the rain and the distance, but it was certain that it was an African Grey Parrot. After all, she was too familiar with their size.
A grey parrot who follows the owner in the cabin!
If not guessed wrong, its owner is probably also her scientist’s peers, as she did not hesitate to apply for scientific research proofs many years ago, so that it can accompany her, do not have to be kept in the cage – she is very happy for it This shows that the owner loves it very much and cares about its feelings.
For a moment, she could not help but wonder if it would be Alex, but then laughed and laughed at herself, shaking her head and dispelling this crazy thought from her mind. She must have missed Alex so much that she would have such unrealistic thoughts.
It has been ten years since 2007 9 month Alex died.
The plane trembled again, and the nose lifted up, leaving the runway lightly and throwing it into the arms of the sky.
The 787 on the ground is getting smaller and smaller, and it seems to be starting to slide on the runway and is about to take off.
She turned her body back and rested on the back of the seat.
After ten years, it should be put down.
This may be her last speech because she is going to retire. She no longer worried that Alex’s legacy was not inherited. Like the scientist in 787, did she take a gray parrot for research? It must be very good and may be as good as Alex, otherwise it will not be so easy to get proof of scientific research in the cabin. Its owner must have done a great job, better than her, because she has never been abroad with Alex.
She was very pleased that other people and parrots continued on the road she and Alex worked together.
She is looking forward to seeing the gray parrot on TV one day and seeing the news that the world is exclaiming for it. She sincerely hopes that it will stay healthy and be able to go further than Alex.
The cabin broadcast is ringing again:
“Ladies and gentlemen, we have left Los Angeles for Chicago. During this trip, we have prepared lunch for you. We will broadcast you when we serve.”
She has already decided, after leaving the Chicago airport, go to the original address of the pet shop a few decades ago to see if the pet shop is still absent, and if so, she is going to choose another parrot from the store. Gray. This time it was not for scientific research, but to accompany him to spend the rest of his life after retirement.
Full of sorrow, she smiled at the corner of her mouth.
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The flight attendants also sat in the flight attendant’s exclusive seat, and Zhang Zi An’s gaze was blocked, and this reluctantly regained his gaze.
He looked at Richard sideways and reminded: “The plane is going to take off. – I didn’t get it wrong in this English? You have to sit down! I said, you got cervical spondylosis when you arrived in the US? Do you have nothing to do and look at what the sky does? There are cockroaches in the sky?
Richard quickly blinked and said calmly: “Nothing, this uncle’s eyes are in the sand again.”