Parrot to the Rescue in Serbian by Mia Bowen Copyright © 2014. All Rights Reserved
	Jack and Lisa were on school holidays, but it hadn't been a fun holidays yet. It had been raining every day!
"Look!" cried Jack, pointing out the window. "Finally the sun is out!" "Why don't you go on a picnic? You can spend all day outside," suggested Mum.
	First they went down to the shed to find Pero. "Zdravo! Gde idemo danas?" squawked Pero.
"Idemo na jezero na izlet," replied Jack.
	"Hajdemo na jezero!" squawked Pero. And with a big flap of the wings, he was off leading the way up the path.
"Vruće je," said Lisa, wiping her face with her hand. "Ja sam žedna." "I ja sam žedan," said Jack. "Gde je limunada?"
Suddenly, something large swooped down from the sky towards Lisa. Lisa screamed, "Jao!! Upomoć! Pomozi mi!"
It was a ferocious magpie and she was on the attack. She thought they were too close to her nest.
"Šta se dešava?" cried Jack in alarm. "Idi odavde!" shouted Jack, flapping his arms around his head as the magpie targeted him. "Ja ću vam pomoći!" squawked Pero. He chased the magpie high up into the tree while, Jack and Lisa disappeared down the path.
	They ran and ran and ran until they were out of breath ... "Slow down!" cried Lisa. "I think we're lost! I can't see the way to the lake any more."
Lisa looked up into the sky and saw Pero flying above. "Stani, Pero!" called Lisa. "Izgubljeni smo! Gde je staza? Ne možemo na nađemo stazu."
	"Ja ću vam je pronaći!" squawked Pero as he zoomed down through the trees and along the path. "Pratite me!" he screeched.
"Uspori!" puffed Jack. "Mi ne znamo da letimo kao ti! Moramo da idemo kroz žbunje," he called.
"Tamo je jezero! Konačno!" cried Lisa.
"Hvala ti za pomoć, Pero!" said Jack. "Molim," replied Pero, preening his feathers in embarrassment.
	They sat down beside the lake and started to set up their picnic.
First, they started with some fruit. Pero called out as his favourite food appeared out of the backpack ...
"... kajsija, jagode, breskve, banana, narandža ..."
"... trešnje, kruška, grožđe ..."
Pero eyed all the food with interest as it was placed on the picnic blanket. "Ja sam vrlo gladan. Da li mogu da probam?" he asked, bobbing his head towards a slice of fruit cake.
...............	"Nemoj to da jedeš!" said Lisa, grabbing the cake. "Prekriven je mravima." She tried to brush all the ants off. It was difficult. "Mravi su gladni ..." said Jack. "A oni vole kolač." "Ne brinite se!" squawked Pero. "Ja volim kolač i mrave isto tako!" Lisa raised her eyebrows at Jack. "Ugghhhh!" laughed Jack and Lisa together.
"Hleb!" squawked Pero. "Da li si donela hleb?" "Da," replied Lisa. "Nisam ga zaboravila." Pero happily grabbed a chunk of bread in his beak.
"Da li imaš sira?" asked Jack. "Sigurno! Izvoli," replied Lisa as she pulled it out of the backpack. "Daj mi nož, molim lepo," he added. "Hvala," mumbled Jack through a mouthful of cheese and bread. They all ate for a while, chatting and laughing together.
"Da li je to dovoljno?" asked Lisa. "Da li hoćete još?" "Ne ... sada me boli stomak. Možda je bilo previše," said Jack. "Nikad!" squawked Pero. They all laughed.
They spent the rest of the afternoon climbing trees, exploring and running around.
The sun was starting to get very low in the sky. "Kasno je," squawked Pero. "Jeste, mi moramo kući," said Jack.
They packed up their things and headed home down the path away from the lake .... tired, happy and not the slightest bit hungry. Soon they could see the roof of their house through the trees. It was good to be home.
...............	Magpie was happy to be alone again. She was even happier when she discovered some bread they had left behind.