A KNOWING BIRD.
Servant-maid: ‘Please, ma'am, the parrot has been saying another lot of fresh words." Mistress (to lady visitor) : ‘Yes, my Jokko is very teachable; it listens to every word my husband speaks to me." (To servant:) ‘What did the creature say?’ Servantmaid: ‘Shut up. you old besom."
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXII, Issue XXV, 24 June 1899, Page 882
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49A KNOWING BIRD. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXII, Issue XXV, 24 June 1899, Page 882
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