Polly Perkins was after a talking parrot, so she went to the local pet shop in the hope of securing such a parrot. She had good luck. The shop assistant assured her that the parrot would learn and repeat any word or phrase it heard. Polly was delighted. However, a week later, the parrot still hadn’t spoken a word. Polly returned to the shop to complain. However, it appeared that the assistant was accurate in what he had said, and refused a refund. Why didn’t the parrot talk?
Solution
The parrot was deaf and as such couldn’t repeat a single word it had heard!
