[They bolt.

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A CUTTING (transplanted from the advertisements in the Belfast News-Letter):—­

    WANTED, A PARROT:  one brought up in a respectable family, and
    that has not been taught naughty words or bigoted expressions,
    preferred.—­Apply by letter, stating price, &c.

“Preferred!” What sort of a Parrot had they been previously accustomed to at that house?

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