In the middle of the night, when the owner was fast asleep, he got up and opened the door of the cage. He whispered to the parrot, "Now get out."

他有了一个想法……午夜，当店主熟睡的时候，他悄悄起身，打开了鸟笼门，小声地对鹦鹉说：“现在，出去吧。”

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I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon and a cat that comes home late at night.

我家里养了三只宠物，功能跟丈夫一样：我有只每天早上要咆哮的狗，有只整个下午骂脏话的鹦鹉，还有只半夜才回家的猫。

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But I gave in to the resort's do-nothing siren song, spending the mornings snorkeling in the lagoon and the broiling afternoons in my over-water bungalow, watching candy-colored fish through my floor, moving to my deck as shade began to cross it, eventually descending the steps to bid the parrot fish good night.

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