The Coughing Bird Story

At 5:20 AM, I was lying in bed sleeping. Slowly I became aware of the sounds around me and I began to wake up. Our window was open a little bit and I was laying there in bed listening to the birds singing, when suddenly I heard a faint coughing noise. I listened very carefully for a few more seconds and determined that Chris was coughing, and then I realized that the coughing had not allowed him to take a breath, and I detected a whistle with it, so now I was certain that he could not breathe and was having some sort of attack, so I jumped out of bed to save my son from certain death, I ran out of my room and (luckily, before I burst into the babies bedroom) I realized that the house was silent. So I listened very closely again. Nothing. So I went back into my bedroom where I could once again hear the coughing noise. It was a stupid bird. What kind of bird makes a coughing noise as it's "song?" And why does it have to live in my backyard and scare me to death at 5:30 in the morning! No wonder I don't like birds.

By the way, I was looking at the school website, and they have the Kindergarten class list posted. It looks like Tyler's teacher is Mrs. Spriggs. There are four Kindergarten teachers, and I know three of them. Why did he have to get the one that I don't know, and does it alarm anyone that her last name is Spriggs. I know that all of us around here know that the Spriggs family is not exactly your outstanding citizens. The term "Skate or Die" comes to mind. Does anyone know this lady? Is she going to be OK, or should I be concerned?