Vadim Veligurov, 12, kisses Abi, a wild sparrow, during a walk near his grandmother's house in the town of Minusinsk, some 425 km (264 miles) south of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, August 22, 2013. In June 2013 Veligurov, a resident of Dudinka town, the administrative capital of the Taymyr Peninsula in northern Russia, found and brought the lost female baby bird to his grandmother's house, where he was spending the summer vacation. The rescued sparrow, which was named Abi, didn't fly away and since then has spent most her time with Veligurov, who treats Abi as his friend and plans to take it with him to his native town.

八月二十二日，十二歲的維利古羅夫，在米努辛斯克市的外婆家附近散步時，親吻一隻叫「阿比」的野生麻雀。米努辛斯克市，位於俄羅斯西伯利亞地區第三大城克拉斯諾亞爾斯克南邊四百二十五公里處。六月，家住北俄羅斯泰梅爾自治區首府杜金卡鎮的維利古羅夫，到外婆家放暑假，結果意外發現一隻迷途的母雛鳥，於是便把牠帶回外婆家。這隻被取名為阿比的麻雀，獲救後，並沒有飛走，反倒從此常跟維利古羅夫形影不離，而維利古羅夫也把阿比當朋友，打算帶牠回家鄉。