PARROT & THE PLUMBER
A woman owned a parrot that could say only one thing, “Who is it?” For years and years she had been trying to teach the bird to extend its vocabulary, but it refused to utter anything other than, “Who is it?” One day she had sent for the plumber, and as she had to go out shopping she arranged for him to find the key under the mat outside the front door. The plumber duly arrived, found the key, let himself in and set to work. Naturally the parrot, hearing someone in the house with an unfamiliar tread, decided to give a recital. “Who is it?” called the parrot. “The plumber!” called the workman. Hearing a strange voice the parrot again decided to utter his one and only phrase: “Who is it?” “The plumber!” came the response. The parrot was not satisfied; he wanted to see who the stranger was. “Who is it?” he called again, and again the plumber…
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