PARROTS 



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ground was a place two or three miles away, where 

 parrots congregated in vast numbers. They were very 

 shy, however, and it was not until wounding one that 



the rest would come about. Then all the parrots in 

 the neighborhood would alight in the tree-tops, and set 

 up a great cry, no doubt trying to drive away the 



