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THE PARROTS.
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till the noise became almost unbearable for
human ears. However, I could not keep from
laughing myself at the cockatoo’s appropriate
designation of the social gathering; besides,
the laugh was so general and so catching.
School for Scandal, indeed 1 How they all
must chatter about each other, and the
ever-changing visitors, many of whom seemed to
afford them great amusement, and perhaps not
a little gratification to their vanity, by their
observing and admiring them so much !
" What do you think of the visitors ? " I said.
" Scratch my poll," was Polly’s evasive
and oracular answer. I understood by that
that he did not want to give his opinion,
for fear of offending. Our conversation had
been carried on in English, and I am
sure the parrots will do their best to talk to
you in the same language, my young friends,
if you pay them a visit. That our chat might
be the more unrestrained, I now changed it
into the popinjay language, which I had learned
when I was a little boy and had a parrot of my
own, and who, my detractors say, gave me the
gift of the gab in return for the childish
fondness I bestowed upon it.
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