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Dear Mable,
Recently I received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude
an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird’s mouth was rude,
obnoxious and laced with profanity. I tried and tried to change the
bird’s attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft
music and anything else I could think of to “clean up” the bird’s
vocabulary.
Finally, I was fed up and I yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled
back. I shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even ruder.
So, in
desperation, I threw up my hands, grabbed the bird and put him in the
freezer.
For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed. Then
suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute.
Fearing that I’d hurt the parrot, I quickly opened the door to the
freezer.
The parrot calmly stepped out onto my outstretched arm and said, “I
believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I’m
Sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully
intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable
behavior.”
I was stunned at the change in the bird’s attitude. As I was about to
ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, the
Bird continued, “May I ask what the turkey did?”
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