Miss Farrow's Feathers by Susan Gee Heino

Author:Susan Gee Heino [Heino, Susan Gee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Laughingstock Publishing
Published: 2013-11-21T08:00:00+00:00

A lovely young lass named Dear Dot Likes to boast of her grand treasure spot.

Rub her down, twist your pole, Find her sweet hidey-hole, And make free with whatever she's got.

By all accounts, it was vile; nothing more than a verse for adolescent boys to snigger at. Max proudly did not snigger. He read through it again, making a mental note of the various phrases he was certain he’d heard Bartholomew utter more than once. To be sure about this, he decided to read aloud for the bird.

“A lovely young lass named Dear Dot,” he began.

Bartholomew cocked his yellow head and blinked. Max continued.

“Likes to boast of her grand treasure spot.”

Bartholomew blinked again. Then he proceeded to continue the rhyme.

“Rub her down, twist your pole; Find her sweet hidey-hole,”

“And make free with whatever she’s got,” Max finished in perfect unison with the bird.

Ah ha! So that was a rhyme from the book, and Bartholomew knew parts of it he didn’t often spout out. What else was locked in that parrot brain, accessible only with the right inducement? It appeared payment was required to find out. Bartholomew reached his foot out, scratching against Max’s face and clearly demanding some recompense for his labors.

Very well. Max could certainly play this game. He gave the bird another treat—a stale piece of bread this time—then placed him back on his rag-wrapped perch. Flipping to another page in the book, Max began reading.

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