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

A Story About a Parrot.

A Story About a Parrot.
Mrs. @. had parrot of which sh
and her family were very fond. It wa
given to her by friend who brought i
from the country where parrots grow
wild.
When Mrs. @. first got her parrot il
was very wild and did not want any one
to touch it. It conld not say word
and could only squawk; but the parrot
got tame and learned to say some words
The first thing he learned to say was
"How-do-you-do," and the next was
4Peek-a-boo." Mrs. @. named her bird
Perequito, (Per-i-key-toe) and he soon
learned to say his name.
Once Mrs. @. went on a visit to her
relatives and stayed three months.
While she was gone Perequito forgot all
about her and chose Miss @. for his best
friend. He learned to like her after she
came home, bnt never liked her again
as well as he did Miss O.
Mr.. @. and Uncle John @. tried to be
good friends with Perequito; but he
never cared for the gentlemen and would
bite them pretty hard if he got chance.
But the little fellow was so jolly and
merry that all thought great deal of
him in spite of his bad faults.
One afternoon after Perequito had
been in the @. family about two years
and half, he was sitting on his perch
in the kitchen and Miss @. was washing
the dishes. He was singing loud song
that Miss @. did not care to hear. 80
she took Perequito on her finger and
put him out on "a pear tree near the
kitchen door. Perequito was often put
out in a tree and generally stayed right
where he was 8 placed, unless some. .
strange man came into the yard and
then he would sometimes fly into an
other tree. Miss @. forgot all about the
parrot for quite few minutes and then
she thought she would look out and see
what he was doing. And what do you
think! Little Perequito was nowhere
to be seen mo pretty green bird cling
ing to the twigs of the pear tree.
Oh. where was Perequito? Miss @.
ooked from one tree to another hoping
% see him, and went up and down the
,ard calling "Perequitop' But she
.ould not see him and he did not ans
yer to any of her calling. Mr.. @. and I
Uncle John @. came out of the house |
nd they, too, went round and +,
ound the yard hunting the lost
ne but could not find him. Miss @. 9
vas pretty nearly sad enough to sit l
own and weep to think that perhaps a
he would never see Perequito again. t
md then she would have to tell Mrs. r
J., who was out in the buggy doing
ome errands, that the little bird was t
one.
While Miss @. was going about search
,g and calling, little Lucy Lantz came 8
Ito the yard with Miss Chapman, i
er cousin. Little Lucy is just four a
ears old, and she said to Miss @. in b
er slow little way, II came up to see il
our parrot" Miss @. had to say the C
arrot was gone and she did not know
neither she would ever see it again. tt
Kind little Lucy with the pretty
rown eyes said, 81 am very sorry you o
st your parrot" il
Miss @. said, "Well, Lucy, come back
,me other day and if we have found
,e parrot you shall see him. W
A little later Mrs. @. came driving in, f.
nd she had already heard that Pere- q,
nito was lost. She got out of her bug ss
: and went all around where Miss @. q.
I'd been twenty times before, calling &c
where are your"
Finally she said, ''well, I guess the
rd is gone for good. If he stays out ST