Megan Howard had just fed breakfast to the toddler she was baby-sitting when she stepped out of the room for a moment. Just then, the little girl, Hannah, began to choke on her food. Luckily, Megan’s parrot, Willie, noticed that something was wrong with the child. He began to flap his wings and cry out repeatedly, “Mama, baby!”

Megan returned to the room to find that the little girl had already begun to turn blue. She performed the Heimlich maneuver and saved the child, but she said that Willie was the true hero.

If a squawking parrot can save somebody, I guess maybe you and I can save somebody too. “…Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.” (Mark 16:15).