David received a parrot for his birthday. This parrot was fully
grown with a bad attitude and terrible vocabulary. Every other word
was an expletive. Those that weren't expletives were, to say the
least, rude.
David tried hard to change the bird's attitude. He was
constantly saying polite words and playing soft music, he did
anything he could think of. Nothing worked. When he yelled at the
bird, the bird got worse. If he shook the bird, the bird got madder
and ruder. Finally in a moment of desperation, David put the parrot
in the freezer.
For a few moments he heard the bird squawking,
kicking and screaming and then suddenly, there was quiet. David was
frightened that he might have actually hurt the bird and quickly
opened the freezer door. The parrot calmly stepped out onto David's
extended arm and said: "I'm sorry that I might have offended you
with my language and actions, so I ask for your forgiveness. I will
endeavor to correct my behavior."
David was astounded at the bird's change in attitude and was about to ask what had changed him when the parrot continued:
"May I ask what the chicken did?" |
