[Janet]

No hon, it doesn't sound silly at all. I do have a short story if you don't mind.

I have always been afraid of birds, I remember, even my mom remembers me having a nightmare in my crib of chickens on my bed. Anyway...when I first took my son to daycare, the lady and her husband bought an African Grey Parrot. It was learning to talk and I was getting use to it a little because it was in this huge cage in the living room. I would never get too close though. Well one day we were all talking and laughing and then this bird started laughing too. Her husband came in and said she what you've done???? That bird laughed exactly like me....I have a destintive laugh...loud and cackle. Well this bird was laughing like me all the time and was driving Tony crazy. I then felt a little affection for this bird, although I was still afraid of it.