PRAYERFUL PARROTS
A priest had two parrots. The parrots were also very devout. They prayed the rosary every day. The priest had an aunt who also had a parrot. But this parrot used to say only one thing: “Hi, my name’s Suzy, and I’m a swinger.” The priest told his aunt about his own parrots, who said the rosary all the time. He told her to bring her parrot to the rectory and his parrots would teach her parrot to say the rosary. The aunt agreed, and when she carried her parrot into the priest’s living room, sure enough, there were the priest’s parrots saying the rosary together. Her parrot immediately blurted out: “Hi, my name’s Suzy, and I’m a swinger.” At that point, one of the pastor’s parrots turned to the other and said, “O.K., Charlie, we can throw away the beads, our prayers have been answered!” Adapted from an article by Fr. Henry Fehren in U.S. Catholic magazine, February, 1985
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