Then Polly Spoke.
Young Hankinson (making a call) : "You have had What parrot a long time, Miss Laura." ■ Miss Laura: "Yea, we have had him several years." Younc Hankinson: "Quite intelligent, 13 he not?" Miss Laura : "Very. . JJe oan 'imitate almost anything." Young Hankinson: "They have a -emark.a.bly olever parrot over at the Chester-ins', Miss liaura. It can imitate the sound of a kiss to perfection. Is that among the accomplishments of -our feathered friend here in the corner?" Mass Laura (indignantly) : "No, sir. He does noli; attem,pit an imitation, of a sound he is not aioeustorned to hear, Mr Hankinson." _ The Parrot: "Wait, George, dear, till I take this bird out of the room."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2815, 26 February 1908, Page 87
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115Then Polly Spoke. Otago Witness, Issue 2815, 26 February 1908, Page 87
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