Not so much a good deed for someone, more a good deed for something.

When I returned home at reading week we were given a task of doing a good deed for someone. It just so happened that I was startled one morning by a racket coming from behind my fireplace. Not many people like pigeons, but I'm willing to help any animal in need of assistance. not quite sure how it had made it behind my fireplace, but it came obvious to me this poor thing couldn't get out, and it was very much distressed. Home alone I made the choice to break the insulating seal of my fireplace and pull it away from its fittings so that it could escape, unfortunately it was obviously scared and so was very hesitant, I ensured that the windows and doors in the room were all wide open so that it could plan its quick escape back into freedom. After 10 minutes of trying to persuade it out of the back of my fireplace with pieces of bread and making an adequate sized gap for it to get out of without breaking the gas-pipes it finally started to emerge before flying straight out into the open air again.
I was happy in the knowing that this fairly large pigeon was now free and okay again, and probably picking up the scraps from outside McDonalds somewhere.


Though this wasn't initially what I was going to include as my good deed, my original act fell through. On a night out with my friends, we got a taxi back and found an Iphone 5 in the back, still with battery we decided that it was best to try and get in contact with the owner. I had told the owner of the phone where I lived, that it was safe with me and they could collect is as soon as they wanted. As someone who has lost an Iphone, I know how gutting it can be, so unlike some people who would want to keep it, i wanted to make sure it was returned. The battery was coming close to its end, and I don't have access to an Iphone 5 charger, so we decided to make sure that the owner definitely did have my details, and could contact me on Facebook, or by text off a different phone by passing on my number. Though I didn't expect that this lad would change his mind altogether, he chose not to get his phone, or even contact me further after that.. I'm not quite sure what to do with his phone... nearly 6 weeks on it's still very much sat in my room awaiting him to claim it.