TALKING BIRD
Added on: 7th Dec 2014
MY FATHER’S SECRETARY WAS VISIBLY
DISTRAUGHT ONE MORNING WHEN SHE
ARRIVED AT THE OFFICE AND EXPLAINED
THAT HER CHILDREN’S PARROT HAD ESCAPED
FROM HIS CAGE AND FLOWN OUT AN
OPEN WINDOW.
OF ALL THE DANGERS THE TAME BIRD
WOULD FACE OUTDOORS ALONE,
SHE SEEMED MOST CONCERNED ABOUT
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE BIRD
STARTED TALKING.
CONFUSED, MY FATHER ASKED
“WHAT THE PARROT COULD SAY”.
“WELL,” SHE EXPLAINED,
“HE MOSTLY SAYS,
‘HERE, KITTY, KITTY.’ ”
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