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“Oh yes! She lives in a beautiful golden cage. I feed her tasty food.

She wanted you to know that she is alive and well,” said the merchant.

Hearing this, the parrot sitting on the merchant’s shoulder shivered and fell to the ground.

The merchant was alarmed and tried wake up the parrot. But it lay still!

“What have I done?” he cried, “All I wanted to do was pass on a message. I didn’t know this parrot would die!”

The merchant slowly got up and left for home.

He was greeted at the door by his wife and daughter. He gave them the gifts he had brought for them. Then he turned to the parrot.

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