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THE PARROTS.
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little fainting bride, who soon recovered and
whispered to me : " How wicked those gossips
are ! They have spread such a cruel story about
us, and all for a kiss,—envy will invent
anything. My darling brother, whom I have long
expected, arrived last night from our distant
home. He told me our parents’ nest had been
destroyed by some wicked birds of prey, and
that both had been fascinated by a large snake
and devoured."
" No wonder you fainted, my dear little
sister," said the other little bird, " but now we
will dwell together here in love, and dream
of our home, though some of those gossiping
parrots are as wicked as snakes, and their
clever tongues charm too, and they murder
characters wholesale."
" Morally speaking, it is a slaughter-house,"
I muttered to myself, and shortly afterwards
I left the parrots’ house, where a constant
chattering was going on, musing upon how
frequently animal life puts one in mind of
our own follies and grievances. Oh, how
many spiteful old dames of the Mrs. Macaw
feather there are in real life! And how
sensible the little brother and sister yellow
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