the parrot listened to the lorikeet and thanked and it came about as the lorikeet had predicted man learned of the arrival of the talking parrot and the parrot was captured and brought to man's house he was fed and cared for as once the lorikeet had been cared for and he was taught the thing that man wanted him to say but fearful of ever saying his true thoughts lest man resent them the parrot only echoes the words that he hears from man's lips