A magician worked on a cruise
ship. There was a different audience each
week, so the magician did the same tricks
over and over again. One problem: The captain's
parrot saw the shows each week and began to
understand how the magician did every trick.
Once he understood, the parrot started shouting
in the middle of the show: "Look, it's
not the same hat!" "Look, he's hiding
the flowers under the table." "Hey,
why are all the cards the ace of spades?"
The magician was furious but couldn't do anything.
It was, after all, the captain's parrot. Then
one day after hitting an iceberg, the ship
sank. The magician found himself on a piece
of wood in the middle of the sea with, as
fate would have it, the parrot. They stared
at each other with hatred but did not utter
a word. This went on for a day ... and then
another ... and then another. Finally on the
fourth day, the parrot could not hold back:
"OK, I give up. Where did you hide the
ship?" the parrot squawked