Arnie, the Darling Starling / Margarete Sigl Corbo and Diane Marie Barras 106 p.

While gardening Margaret uncovers an intruder--a baby bird fallen from his nest.  Arnie is rather ugly and scrawny.  Three times she returns him to the nest.  Four times he ends up in her garden.  Margaret decides to rescue him, only keeping him until she can return him to the wild.  She doesn't reckon with the power of his character.  She spends untold time watching over him, teaching him to eat, to fly, and when he speaks, she capitulates and keeps him.  An engaging story of two creatures.