A young woman named Jessie received a parrot as a gift many years
ago. Over time the parrot developed an extremely bad attitude.
It got to the point that every word out of the bird's mouth was rude and
obnoxious. Jessie tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by
consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything
else she could think of to 'clean up' the bird's attitude and by then
'foul language.'
Finally, Jessie was fed up and yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled
back. Jessie lost it and shook the parrot. The parrot became
uncontrollable and even more rude. Jessie, in desperation, threw up her
hands, grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer. For a few minutes
the parrot squawked, kicked and screamed. Then suddenly there was total
quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute.
Fearing that she'd hurt the parrot, Jessie quickly opened the door to the freezer.
The parrot calmly stepped out onto Jessie's outstretched arms 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."
Jessie was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude.
As she was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change
in his behavior, the bird spoke-up, very softly, "May I ask what the
turkey did?"
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