PARROT

[Morgan]

A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot
had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out
of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity.


John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently
saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he
could think of to "clean up" the bird's vocabulary. Finally, John
was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back.
John shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and ruder. John,
in desperation, threw up his hands, grabbed the bird and put him
in the freezer.


For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed.
Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over
a minute. Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly opened
the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto John's
outstretched arms and said, "I believe I may have offended you
with my rude language and actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for
my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do
everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior."


John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude. As he was
about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in
his behavior, the bird continued, "May I ask just one question."

"Certainly," John replied.

"What did the turkey do?"