The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-05-17

his death of cold"
1t was getting most night, and Mr.. Q
was down at the barn milking the cow
Pretty soon he started toward the
house and called out to Miss O., "Mar'
tina, heard the parrot call out grand
ma y while 1 was milking, but 1 could
not tell where he was.''
Miss Q. was SO delighted that she
clapped her hands for Joy. and ran out
past the barn to the back street, and
there was Perequito sitting in great
tail gum tree and calling out everything
he had learned to say. Pretty soon Mr..
and Mrs. Q. were there, and ever 50
many strangers stopping to hear "Polly''
talk. He called DO you want to 60 to
breakfast? Come along, go to break
FAST" and then he would laugh and
say, "call the dog," "do you want to 60
to bed;" and do not know what all.
But Perequito was 40 or 30 feet up in
the tall tree and he did not know how
to come down: and we did not know
how to catch him.
Miss @. borrowed great long bamboo
pole from neighbor and Mrs. @. car
ried out the step-ladder. They thought
if one stood on the step-ladder and
reached up the long pole Perequito
would get on and let them take him
down. But oh, my! They could not
reach him by long distance.
One kind man said he would go home
and get his long ladder and bring it.
He did SO, and he tried so hard to put
it up in the crotch of the tree so that
he could reach the pole up to the bird,
but it got dark and he could not see the
bird.
Poor Perequito was frightened to see
SO many people and quit talking, so
they could not tell where he was And
sorry as they were, Mrs. @. and Miss @.
had to 60 and leave Pereqnito~ up in the
tree all night.
They did not know what mil ght hap
pen to him in the night. He might
catch his death of cold, or some night
bird might kill him or something might
'righten him SO that he would fly away
,ff.
do not know how it was with Mrs.
J., but Miss @. spent several wakeful
hours thinking of the poor little parrot
hivering out in the tree.
Bright and early next morning in the
old and fog, Mrs. @. and Miss @. were
lp and out to see if Perequito was still
p there in athe+same tree. Yes, there !
e was, as lively as ever and did not
eem to have been hurt by his night in
he tree. But the question was still :
ow to get him down. There was a ).
reat long heavy ladder in Mr.. Q.'s :,
ard that had been left there by the /.
ian who painted Mr.. Q.'s house in the
so Mrs. @. and Miss @. tugged :
nd pulled and got the great ladder out :
ito the street, and were trying to lift it
p against the tree, so as to reach Pere- :"
1ito with the long pole. .
But kind neighbor man came out of L
IS house just then and saw what the a
s. were trying to do. He knew how to =
t up great ladder, and he came and 8
t it up against one tree and climbed q
the top of the ladder, then took the
ng pole and reached over to the tree
lere Perequito was.
He could just barely reach to Pere- q
ito with the tip end of the pole, but II, ~
,requito had good sense that time,
d he jumped right on to the end of ~
e stick and clung there until the man =
ached him down to the @. ladies.
And weren't they glad to get hold of
cir pretty bird again!
But what do you think that foolish
I'd did. He got frightened at the
'ange man carrying the big ladder
20 the yard and Miss O., and circled
ound and flew SO high that they tho't
was going back to the very same spot
the tall tree. But he did not. He
ne down and lighted on the ground +
d then his friends held him tight un-
they got him in the kitchen.
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