David received a parrot for his birthday. This parrot was fully grown 
with a bad attitude and terrible vocabulary. Every other word was an 
expletive.  Those that weren't expletives were, to say the least, rude. 
David tried hard to change the bird's attitude.  He was constantly 
saying polite words and playing soft music, he did anything he could 
think of. Nothing worked. When he yelled at the bird, the bird 
got worse. If he shook the bird, the bird got madder and ruder. 
Finally in a moment of desperation, David put the parrot in the 
freezer. For a few moments he heard the bird squawking, kicking 
and screaming and then suddenly, there was quiet.  David was 
frightened that he might have actually hurt the bird and quickly 
opened the freezer door. The parrot calmly stepped out onto David's 
extended arm and said: "I'm sorry that I might have offended you 
with my language and actions, so I ask for your forgiveness. I 
will endeavor to correct my behavior." David was astounded at 
the bird's change in attitude and was about to ask what had 
changed him when the parrot continued: 
"May I ask what the chicken did?"

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