One day, a woman bought a beautiful parrot（鹦鹉） from a pet shop. She took him home happily. However, the next day, the woman decided to 1 the parrot to the shop. "This bird doesn't 2 ," she told the pet shop owner. "Does he have a mirror in his cage?" the owner asked. "Parrots love mirrors. He might want to talk to 3 in the mirror."
The 4 bought a mirror and left. The next day she came back, saying that the bird 5 wasn't talking. "How about a ladder （梯子）? Parrots love ladders," the owner said. The woman bought a ladder and left.
But the next day, she was back again, "There was no 6 ." "Does your parrot have a swing? Well, as soon as he starts swinging, he'll talk up a storm." The owner said. 7 , the woman bought a swing and left.
When she walked into the shop the next day, she began to 8 . "The parrot died," she said. The pet shop owner was shocked. "I'm 9 . Tell me, did he ever say anything?" he asked. "Yes, right 10 he died," the woman answered, "in a 11 voice, he asked me, ‘Don't they sell any 12 at that pet shop? I'm so hungry!'"
Sometimes we forget what is really 13 in life. We sometimes have lots of things to do right away, but we forget to 14 the most important things first. We have to remember to 15 the "parrots" in our lives. In this way, we won't make big mistakes.
