One Day in the Park

Winner---8/14/08

ID: 896794   (Rated: 13+) Daily Flash Fiction Challenge  Enter your story of 300 words or less. Note new starting time! by arakun the twisted raccoon

                                                                                         



                                          
                                         ONE DAY IN THE PARK

         The man on the park bench had a green parrot perched on his shoulder and a large, shaggy dog of uncertain pedigree lying at his feet.  He seemed to be dozing as Annie passed.

         The parrot said, “Good Morning.”

         The man chided, “Don’t bother the lady.”

         The parrot said, “I just said good morning, Luke.  I was being polite.”

         “I told you before, don’t talk to strangers.”

         “She’s not a stranger.  I see her in the park every day.”

         “Have you been introduced?” Luke asked.

         “No, but I still don’t see what was wrong with ‘good morning.’  “

         “Do you have to argue with me about everything?  Everything I say to you, you give me lip.”

         “Beak, I give you beak.”

         “Well give it a rest.”

         The parrot shifted its feet and sat there as if it were sulking. 

         Annie spoke up.  “Excuse me but I never heard a parrot carry on a conversation before.  I thought they just imitated sounds.”

         “They do.”

         “But this one talked back to you! How did he do that?”

         “There is a simple explanation, Ma’am,” said Luke.  “My dog is a ventriloquist.”
         
                           
188 words