When Uncle Charlie died of old age, Bill was bequeathed his uncle's prized
Amazon parrot. This parrot was fully grown -- with a bad attitude and a
worse
vocabulary. Every other word was an expletive. Those that weren't expletives
were, to say the very least, extremely rude.
Bill tried hard to change the bird's attitude and was constantly saying
polite words,playing soft music -- anything he could think of to try and set a
good example...Nothing worked. Exasperated, he yelled at the bird. But the
bird just got louder. Then he shook the parrot. But the bird just got more
angry and more rude.
Finally, in a moment of desperation, Bill put the parrot in the freezer.
For a few moments he heard the bird squawking, kicking, and screaming...
Then,
suddenly, all was quiet. Bill was frightened that he might have hurt his
dead uncle's prized parrot and quickly opened the freezer door.
The parrot calmly stepped out onto Bill's extended arm and said, "I am truly
sorry
that I might have offended you with my language and action and I humbly ask
your forgiveness. I will now, from this day forth, endeavor to correct my
behavior
so that such an ill-perceived outburst never again occurs."
Bill was completely astonished at the bird's change in attitude and was
about to
ask what had caused such a dramatic change when the parrot continued, "May I
ask what the chicken did?"