The Magician and the Parrot
A magician was working on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. The audience
would be different each week, so the magician allowed himself to do
the same tricks over and over again.
There was only one problem: The captain's parrot saw the shows every
week and began to understand what the magician did in every trick.
Once he understood that, he started shouting in the middle of the
show.
"Look, it's not the same hat!" "Look, he's hiding the flowers under
the table!" "Hey, why are all the cards the Ace of Spades?"
The magician was furious but couldn't do anything, it was the
captain's parrot after all.
One day the ship had an accident and sank. The magician found himself
on a piece of wood, in the middle of the ocean, and of course the
parrot was by his side.
They stared at each other with hate, but did not utter a word. This
went on for several days.
After a week the parrot finally said, "Okay, I give up. What'd you do
with the boat?"
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