buying a parrot

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A man acquired a parrotperroquet that could already speak, having once belonged to a sailormarin with a vast vocabulary. Howeverceci dit, the man soon realised that the parrot mostly knew vulgar words. At first, he found it funnyamusant, but it quickly became tiresomefatigant. When he had guestsinvités over, the bird’s crude language embarrassed him greatly.

As soon asdès que the guests left, the man angrilyen colère shouted at the parrot, “That language must stop!” But the bird responded with cursesmalédictions. He shooka secoué the bird and yelled again, “Don’t use those ugly wordsmots vulgaires!” Yet, the parrot cursed himl’a injurié again.

Now furious, the man grabbeda saisi the parrot and threw it into the refrigerator. But the bird kept swearingjurant from inside. He opened the door, took it out, but the parrot still used dirty wordsmots grossiers and curses. Finally, he opened the freezercongélateur, tossed the bird in, and shut the door.

Silence followed. After two minutes, the man opened the door and took out the very cold parrot. Slowlylentement, the shiveringgrelottant parrot walked up the man’s armbras, sat on his shoulderépaule, and whispered into his earoreille, sounding terrified: “I promiseje promets, I’ll be good… Those chickens in there… what did they say?”

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Vocabulary

Parrot: a colourful bird known for mimicking speech.

Sailor: a person who works on a ship.

Curses: offensive words or expressions used to insult.

Freezer: a compartment for keeping things frozen.

The parrotperroquet repeated everything he said.

The sailormarin taught the bird many words.

His cursesmalédictions shocked everyone at the party.

He put the ice cream in the freezercongélateur.

Grammar

This anecdote uses direct speech and the past simple tense.

Direct speech: “I’ll be good,” the parrot whispered.

Past simple: He shook the parrot and shouted angrily.

Synonyms & Alternatives

Parrot: bird, macaw

Curses: swear words, profanities

Freezer: icebox, cold storage

Mini Dialogue

Friend 1 (at a bar): My new parrotperroquet keeps swearingjurant at everyone!

Friend 2: That’s funnyamusant! Where did you get it?

Friend 1: From a sailormarin who taught it all those cursesmalédictions.

Friend 2: Maybe stick it in the freezercongélateur to cool its language!

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