The parrot iz a bird ov menny colours, and inklined tew talk.
They take holt ov things with their foot, and hang on like a pair ov
pinchers.
They are the only bird i kno ov who kan konverse in the inglish
language, but like meny other nu beginners, they kan learn tew swear the
eazyest.
They are kept az pets, and like all other pets, are useless.
In a wild state ov nature, they may be ov sum use, but they looze about
90 per cent ov their value by civilizashun.
They resemble the border injun in this respekt.
When yu cum tew take 90 per cent oph from most enny thing, except the
striped snaik, it seems tew injure the proffits.
I owned a parrot once, for about a year, and then gave him away, i
haven't seen the man I giv him to since, but i presume he looks upon me
az a mean kuss.
If i owned all the parrotts thare iz in the United States, I would
banish them immejiately tew their native land, with the provizo that
they should stay thare.
I don't make theze remarks tew injure the feelings ov thoze who hav sot
their pheelings on parrotts, or pets ov enny kind, for i kant help but
think that a person who gives up their time and tallents tew pets, even
a sore eyed lap dorg, displays grate nobility ov karakter. (This last
remark wants tew be took different from what it reads.)