Post by dafyddapiago on Aug 15, 2006 7:06:01 GMT
A chap decides to buy his young daughter a parrot and they head off for the local pet shop.
On arriving, they see the shop has many parrot's on various perches.
Eventually they select a beautiful bird with outstanding plumage.
"How much is that bird" asks the chap.
"Sir, that bird is 500 pounds"! replies the shop assistant.
A little taken back at the high cost of this feathered creature, the chap asks why it is so expensive.
"Sir, that bird can sing aria's from Handel's Messiah" says the shop assistant.
Still crest fallen, they look around the perches to see if they can find another creature less expensive.
Eventually the see a beautiful bird with outstanding tail feathers in stunning colours.
Very enthusiastically, they question the price of this one.
"Sir", says the attendant," that bird is valued at 1000 pounds"
In a state of shock they again ask why it is so much money and what makes this bird so special.
"Sir, Madame, that birds can sing all the aria's from Wagner's Tristan and Isolde" the attendant replies.
By now, our two friends are pretty depressed and begin to think that a kitten might be more suitable.
As they are about to leave the shop the little girl sees another bird on a high perch at the very back of the shop. On closer inspection they see that this bird is much older, quite a few feathers missing revealing large bald patches, it also has blood shot eyes and in general is quite tacky by comparison with the other two.
They feel that this bird must be within their price range and once again, ask the price.
" That bird, Sir, is valued at 5000 pounds"!!!!!
They are completely shocked into disbelief and question the assistant why this ugly bird is so much more expensive than the other two, what makes this creature so different.
"Well Sir", says the assistant, "we are not quite sure, all we know is that the other two birds call him maestro"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dafydd ap Iago
On arriving, they see the shop has many parrot's on various perches.
Eventually they select a beautiful bird with outstanding plumage.
"How much is that bird" asks the chap.
"Sir, that bird is 500 pounds"! replies the shop assistant.
A little taken back at the high cost of this feathered creature, the chap asks why it is so expensive.
"Sir, that bird can sing aria's from Handel's Messiah" says the shop assistant.
Still crest fallen, they look around the perches to see if they can find another creature less expensive.
Eventually the see a beautiful bird with outstanding tail feathers in stunning colours.
Very enthusiastically, they question the price of this one.
"Sir", says the attendant," that bird is valued at 1000 pounds"
In a state of shock they again ask why it is so much money and what makes this bird so special.
"Sir, Madame, that birds can sing all the aria's from Wagner's Tristan and Isolde" the attendant replies.
By now, our two friends are pretty depressed and begin to think that a kitten might be more suitable.
As they are about to leave the shop the little girl sees another bird on a high perch at the very back of the shop. On closer inspection they see that this bird is much older, quite a few feathers missing revealing large bald patches, it also has blood shot eyes and in general is quite tacky by comparison with the other two.
They feel that this bird must be within their price range and once again, ask the price.
" That bird, Sir, is valued at 5000 pounds"!!!!!
They are completely shocked into disbelief and question the assistant why this ugly bird is so much more expensive than the other two, what makes this creature so different.
"Well Sir", says the assistant, "we are not quite sure, all we know is that the other two birds call him maestro"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dafydd ap Iago
