| David received a parrot for his
birthday. This parrot was fully grown with a bad attitude
and worse 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 and was
constantly saying polite words, playing soft music, anything
that came to mind. Nothing worked. He yelled at the bird,
the bird got worse. He shook the bird and 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, all 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 affended you with my language and actions.
I ask for your forgiveness. I will try to check my behavior..."
David was astounded at the bird's change in attitude and
was about to ask what changed him when the parrot continued,
"May I ask what the chicken did?"
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