Nancy the Brave, or simply Nancy (a.k.a Nancy Curlwalker) and Peanut the Wise, or simply Peanut (a.k.a. Chubby Budgie Peanut) were Luis' first birds. They were a gift from a school mate of Luis' when he was in art school. Brenda needed to find a home for Nancy and Peanut after her cat had gotten to one of their cage mates. Luis accepted the critters with much joy. They lived with Luis and Fritz at Lehndorff 924 in Calgary in a two bedroom apartment on the eleventh floor. Nancy was the bravest little bird. She loved landing on Luis' curly hair and tactfully manage the terrain as would an astronaut on an alien planet. Peanut loved reading. He was very fat! So fat in fact that he could hardly lift himself off the floor when he should happen to fall upon it. He wasn't as comfortable around people as Nancy was but when his joie-de-millet had him grounded he would resign to stepping up and being helped up on to his perch.
Nancy died at the age of 8 of cancer. Peanut died of old age at 11.
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