This afternoon I went for a walk in the botanical gardens and found myself up
at the aviary. The aviary here has a lot of parrots, including several
species which can talk. It was a rainy afternoon and I was the only person
there so I had the undivided attention of half a dozen parrots all wanting
my attention. Half a dozen talking parrots all reciting:
Hello. Hello ! Hello ? Pretty Boy ! Hello. Hello !
I’m glad there was a fence between me and them. Otherwise I faced
the prospect of getting molested by three different species of cockatoo
and a macaw.