It was May, 2014, I was 12 years old. I had just come home from school, and was doing my homework. I was feeling pretty good because it was the end of the year. The late afternoon sunshine streamed through the windows, and I smelled my dad cooking pasta. Although it was May, outside I knew it was a little bit cold because it was southeast Alaska. The radio was on, and my dad was listening to the news, and my brother was at dance class, so it was unusually quiet. He wasn't bothering me, so for once I could get some work done. I heard the door open behind me and spring air drifted in through the door to where I was sitting."Hey, I'm home," called Mom who had just come in the door.
"Hey, Mom," I responded.
"What's for dinner?"
"Smells like pasta."
"Mmm. Sounds good."
"Can you not put broccoli in the sauce?" I called to Dad in the kitchen.
"Nice try, honey," he called back.
I turned back to my homework and started to write again.
"What are you learning in math?" Mom asked.
"Same as always, fractions," I grumbled.
"Oh, okay."
"I heard that there is a really sweet husky at the animal shelter. Can we adopt him?"
"Honey, we've already gone over this. We can't get a dog!"
"But everyone else has a pet," I exclaimed, "Can we get a hamster? They're low maintenance and Ariadne's getting one!"
"No."
"You wouldn't even let me get a goldfish if I asked for one," I grumbled.
"Yes, but we can't afford a pet, anyway."
"Please?" I begged.
Mom sighed. "How about you talk to your dad."
"Dad wouldn't let me get a pet, either."
"Well then, you will have to deal with it."
"Please?" I begged.
"How about we get chickens?"
"Chickens? But chickens are dirty and they poop everywhere!"
"You said you wanted a pet."
"But not chickens," I said exasperated.
"Well, if you want, we can go look at Laura's chicks, they're pretty cute."
"Okay, why not. Chicks are cute."
So we went and looked at Laura's chicks and I fell in love with them. The next day we had chickens living in a cardboard box in our bathroom. I loved taking pictures of them on different things like flowers or plants. They were, and still are, really cute, which just goes to show that you can learn to love anything once you get to know it.
Here is an insanely cute video of chicks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT6yBhG-nns
I got the picture from http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/199068/10-cute-animals-that-are-also-total-cannibals/cute-chickens-l/
