1:09:01
And after a while,
I put it two inches away from its claws.
1:09:05
And, er... Like that, right?
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lt started to jump for t'meat. When it
started to jump, I could move me hand.
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- Hold your hand up, so we can see.
- I could move me hand away, like,
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to four inches and six inches. And when it
were doin' that, I started it wi' t'leash.
1:09:21
Do they need water? When you've got
a budgie, you put water in the cage.
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Do they need water like that?
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Well, it, like, has a bath. lt has a bath
right early on int' morning, like.
1:09:33
When do yer feed it?
How many times a day?
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To start off with,
three or four, to get it plump.
1:09:39
- You make it sound very exciting.
- lt is.
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Most exciting thing was
when I flew her free first time.
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- Do you wanna hear about that?
- Yes, sir.
1:09:46
Aye. Come on.
1:09:48
Well, l'd been using t'creance
for about a week,
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and it had been goin' 30 or 40 yards.
1:09:55
And it says when birds
are goin' 30-40 yards, it says int' book,
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it's time that it can start to fly free.
1:10:03
Well, l'd been...
1:10:06
l'd been wantin' to fly it free, but I daren't.
I were frightened it'd fly off or somethin'.
1:10:11
This had been goin' on
for four or five days.
1:10:14
And I keep on to missen,
sayin' that "Fly it free next day."
1:10:17
Anyway, I got right mad wi' missen.
I says "Right, I'm flyin' it free tomorrow."
1:10:23
Anyway, that night -
that Friday night it were -
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I didn't feed her up, so that
she'd be sharp set next mornin'.
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And I went to bed that night, Friday night,
and I didn't get an hour's sleep at all.
1:10:33
I were frightened about t'bird,
that she'd fly off or summat like that.
1:10:38
Anyway, when t'mornin' came,
I kept on sayin' to missen
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"lf she flies off, she flies off,
and it can't be helped."
1:10:44
So I took t'swivel off
and let her hop onto t'post.
1:10:47
There were nowt stoppin' her, she could
fly off. All that were on her were jesses.
1:10:52
I thought "She must fly off.
She's forced to fly off."
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But she didn't.
She just stood there. I were terrified.
1:10:58
She was stood there, and I walked off
into t'field, and she were lookin' round,