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A Cat and a Parrot(鹦鹉)

　　A French writer tells a story about a cat and a parrot．A friend of his came to visit him one day．The friend said,“I’m going away for a short time．Will you please look after my parrot for me?”The writer said he would do that，and his friend brought the parrot to his house．?

　　The cat saw the parrot and wanted to know if it was a bird or not．If so,it would be nice to eat．Very slowly the cat came nearer and nearer．It was thinking it would be nice to have this animal for its meal．The poor parrot was very much afraid．It didn’t know what to do at first．It kept quiet and didn’t move till the cat was near enough to jump on it．Then,suddenly, the parrot asked,“Haven’t you had your breakfast?”?

　　The cat was afraid．It ran away as fast as it could．Maybe it was saying to itself,“That thing can speak．It can’t be a bird．It must be a man．”