A BIRD'S APOLOGY.
The story quoted in a contemporary journal of a parrot who spoke through the telephone, recalls one, the truth of which it would be hard tc ' credit, had uoL the incident to which it refers taken place in the presence of the lady who told the story to the narrator. It became so talkative during the reading of family prayers that the head of the household was obliged to pause, and request the bird's removal from the room. One of the maids ros*> from her chair and seized Polly's cage. As she reached the door, .the bird, with a final screech, exclaimed, to the astonishment of the assembled family, "Sorry I spoke !"
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 28 August 1914, Page 8
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115A BIRD'S APOLOGY. Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 28 August 1914, Page 8
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