I Need A Pet To Keep Me Company

mirror?” he says.

“You hang it at the top of the ladder. The parrot will climb the ladder, look in the mirror, and then he’ll talk to you.”

“Okay,” she says, and buys the little mirror and goes home. But the next day that same lady is back in the shop.

“Well, I’m getting a bit discouraged,” she says. “That parrot still won’t talk to me.”

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