Behavior of static blocks with Abstract classes

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Child Class:

public class ChildExtending extends ParentAbstract{

    public int childInt =111213;
    static{
        System.out.println("child static block executed");
    }

    public ChildExtending() {
        System.out.println("child const initialized");
    }
    public void MethodInChild(){
        System.out.println("MethodInChild called");
    }
    public static void main(String[] args){
        System.out.println(ParentAbstract.parentInt);
        System.out.println(ChildExtending.parentInt);
    }
}

Abstract Class:

public abstract class ParentAbstract {
    public static int parentInt=80713; 
    static{
        System.out.println("parent static executed");
        parentInt=9;
    }

    public ParentAbstract(){
        System.out.println("parentAbstract initialized");
    }

    public void MethodInParent(){
        System.out.println("MethodInParent called");
    }

}

Main class:

public class MainForCheck {
    public static void main(String[] args){
    /*  ParentAbstract pa = new ParentAbstract(){

        };*/

    /*  ChildExtending ce = new ChildExtending();
        ce.childInt=5;*/

        /*ChildExtending ce = new ChildExtending();
        ce.childInt=5;
        ce.MethodInChild();
        System.out.println("pareny int is"+ce.parentInt);*/


        ChildExtending ce = new ChildExtending();
        ce.MethodInParent();

    }
}

This gives me output:

parent static executed ]

child static block executed

parentAbstract initialized

child const initialized

MethodInParent called

Why is it not like this?

parent static executed

parentAbstract initialized

child static block executed

child const initialized

MethodInParent called

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