Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs:
As he had no parents to (i) _________ him, Ari (ii) _________ convinced that he was not a bird at all and (iii) __________ to fly. If he (iv) _____________ to get on a table or a chair, he (v) ____________ below it cooling until someone (vi) ___________ him up. He (vii) ___________ even try to come on walks with us. This, however, we had to (viii) ___________.