Use Your Ears

It's a prawn, says the superb parrot. I don't eat them.

I wasn't giving him to you, says Terence. I said guess who this is?

I guessed, says the superb parrot.

Not all of it, says Terence.

Ha ha, laughs the superb parrot. I know what you mean.

Terence wonders what the superb parrot knows that he means.

Not all there, says the superb parrot.

I may not be all here, says Prawny, but I have an eye and a mouth hole.

The superb parrot peers at Prawny.

Which one is which? asks the superb parrot.

Use your ears, says Prawny.

Point taken, says the superb parrot. 

Can you fly? asks Terence.

Of course I can, says the superb parrot.

How would you like to teach Prawny? asks Terence.

There are other parts missing, says the superb parrot.

Wings, says Terence. I know.

Then why ask? asks the superb parrot.

He's smart, says Terence. He learned to play Cannot But Be.

Come along, says Minnie. The others will be wanting their lunch.

Okay, says Terence. Come on, Prawny.

Wait, says the superb parrot. You may leave him with me.

Will I get him back? asks Terence.

In good time, says the superb parrot.

It seems like a good offer, says Minnie.

Where do you live? asks the superb parrot.

Just down the road at number twenty seven, says Minnie. Two flower pots outside the front door.

What's in them? asks the superb parrot.

Nothing for you, says Minnie.

Do you want to go with the parrot? asks Terence.

Yes. Prawny wants to.

Minnie and Terence go back to number twenty seven without him.

Prawny expects that soon he'll be learning to fly.

The superb parrot expects that soon he'll know how to play Cannot But Be.