Part, Chapter
1 1, 2| STORY II. The Oilman and his Parrot.~An oilman possessed a parrot
2 1, 2| Parrot.~An oilman possessed a parrot which used to amuse him
3 1, 2| went out. One day, when the parrot was alone in the shop, a
4 1, 2| home he thought that the parrot had done this mischief,
5 1, 2| in his anger he smote the parrot such a blow on the head
6 1, 2| several days. But one day the parrot saw a bald-headed man passing
7 1, 2| passers-by smiled at the parrot's mistake in confounding
8 1, 7| Merchant and his Clever Parrot.~There was a certain merchant
9 1, 7| certain merchant who kept a parrot in a cage. Being about to
10 1, 7| on business, he asked the parrot if he had any message to
11 1, 7| in that country, and the parrot desired him to tell them
12 1, 7| was annoyed with his own parrot for having sent such a fatal
13 1, 7| home sharply rebuked his parrot for doing so. But the parrot
14 1, 7| parrot for doing so. But the parrot no sooner heard the merchant'
15 1, 7| explaining that the Hindustani parrot had only feigned death to
16 5, 6| place a mirror between the parrot and the trainer. The trainer,
17 5, 6| utters the words, and the parrot, seeing his own reflection
18 5, 6| mirror, fancies another parrot is speaking, and imitates
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