10-17-2008, 03:40 PM
A journeyman magician was working a cruise ship. The audience was different each week so the magician was honing his act, performing the same tricks week after week. The act was only so-so, but the drunk and over-stuffed passengers seemed to like him enough.
There was a problem developing though. The captain's parrot saw the shows each week and began to understand how the magician did every trick, and after a few months he began to heckle the magician, shouting out the secrets in the middle of the show.
"Look, it's not the same hat!" he would say. Or, "Look, he's hiding the flowers under the table!" or "Hey, why are all the cards the ace of spades?"
The magician was furious but couldn't do anything. It was, after all, the captain's parrot.
Then one dark and stormy night, the ship sank, drowning nearly all who were on board.
Praise be to Merlin, the magician found himself on a piece of wood floating in the middle of the sea with, as fate would have it and as you've probably already guessed .. yes, the parrot.
They stared at each other. The parrot with disdain for the hack, the magician with hatred burning in his eyes for the parrot. For days they did not utter a word.
Finally on the 4th day, the parrot couldn't hold back any longer and blurted out....
There was a problem developing though. The captain's parrot saw the shows each week and began to understand how the magician did every trick, and after a few months he began to heckle the magician, shouting out the secrets in the middle of the show.
"Look, it's not the same hat!" he would say. Or, "Look, he's hiding the flowers under the table!" or "Hey, why are all the cards the ace of spades?"
The magician was furious but couldn't do anything. It was, after all, the captain's parrot.
Then one dark and stormy night, the ship sank, drowning nearly all who were on board.
Praise be to Merlin, the magician found himself on a piece of wood floating in the middle of the sea with, as fate would have it and as you've probably already guessed .. yes, the parrot.
They stared at each other. The parrot with disdain for the hack, the magician with hatred burning in his eyes for the parrot. For days they did not utter a word.
Finally on the 4th day, the parrot couldn't hold back any longer and blurted out....