He blinked a little at that - it had never occurred to him until then that the pet store might actually HAVE birds - but happily let her tow him even deeper into the building until they heard twittering noises and rounded a corner to a small minefield of cages.

His hand in hers again Joey squeezed Mary's fingers a little as they wandered cage to cage, finally stopping abruptly in front of one larger cage which led to Mary getting tugged to a stop by accident.

On the other side of the bars was a big, beautiful, african grey parrot, rustling it's wings and watching them with curious eyes.