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A Parrot Yarn

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Parent Issue
Day
10
Month
December
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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A lady íriend is vory fond of parrots, and determined to get one at any oost. Living near by her was a Frencnman, who owned a very fine specimen of the bird, and the lady threw londng and oovetoos eyea at il. It could talk hke a woman, and Mrs. Blank at lasi resolved to own that parrot. The other day, bcing acquainted with the Frenchman, she made up her mind to ask liini to part With it. She called npon him to part with it, She called upon him for that purpose. "Now, Mr. Napoleon,' she pleaded, "j'ou must let me have that parrot." "Oh, madame," he.said, "I could not part wiz the parróte for any price. He voz ze choy of my what you cali him? Oui, householtt. I have been offair feefty dollair of he. I would not take ze tousand dollair for he?" She pleaded in vain. Napoleon could not be moved. A few days later she called r.gam, but still the Frenchman was imrnovable. "I teil you v. hal I do. 1 gee you two niee parróte efrus for ten dollar. All you haf to do is to place zem in some cotton, and zey hatch zemselves out two magnifique parróte peards,' The bargain was made, and the lat.v withdrew ïn a delighted frame of mind. She did as direeted, and in courseof time the eggs were hatched; but, instead of "two parróte," a brace of the finest young ducks that ever made a hole in the water put in an appearance. Mrs. Blank huiTÏed to the man and berated him Boundlv for the deeeption. Mr. Napoleon looked gurprised. "Madame," he protestea, "1 saw ze female parróte lay zose cggs wiz my own two eyes. She was ze finest peard in ze world, but I ean not voucü for ze morality of ze parróte."

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Old News
Ann Arbor Argus