Christmas Parrot

[AustinMike]

My brother sent me this. Too corny not to pass it on.

One Christmas Eve, a frenzied young man ran into a pet

shop looking for an unusual Christmas gift for his

wife. The shop owner suggested a parrot, named Chet,

which could sing famous Christmas carols.

This seemed like the perfect gift. "How do I get him

to sing?" the young man asked, excitedly. "Simply hold

a lighted match directly under his feet." was the shop

owner's reply. The shop owner held a lighted match

under the parrot's left foot. Chet

began to sing: "Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells!" The shop

owner then held another match under the parrot's right

foot. Then Chet's tune changed, and the air was

filled with: " Silent Night, Holy Night."

The young man was so impressed that he paid the

shop-keeper and ran home as quickly as he could with

Chet under his arm. When the wife saw her gift she

was overwhelmed. "How beautiful!" she

exclaimed, "Can he talk?" "No," the young man

replied, "But he can sing. Let me show you." So the

young man whipped out his lighter and placed it under

Chet's left foot, as the shop-keeper had shown him,

and Chet crooned: "Jingle Bells! Jingle bells!"

The man then moved the lighter to Chet's right foot,

and out came: "Silent Night, Holy night."

The wife, her face filled with curiosity, then asked,

"What if we hold the lighter between his legs?" The

man did not know. "Let's try it," he answered, eager

to please his wife. So they held the lighter between

Chet's legs. Chet twisted his

face, cleared his throat, and the little parrot sang

out loudly like it was the performance of his life

"Chet's nuts roasting on an open fire."

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