Polly
Polly is a parrot.
She has a crooked beak and bright colored feathers.
Polly likes to scream.
She eats crackers.
She says, “Polly wants a cracker!”
For Polly can talk.
She can say many things.
Polly says the same things that we do.
She mocks us.
If we say kind words, Polly says kind words.
If we say cross words, Polly says cross words.
So we must be careful how we speak.
When the people pass, Polly says “Hello!”
Sometimes Polly calls “Mamma!”
She says “Good-by,” too.
Polly also says “Naughty boy.”
When I am naughty, mother says that.
Polly mocks mother and says it too.
Polly says, “Go to bed.”
Polly can say “Meow,” so that it sounds like the cat.
Polly calls the dog too.
She calls, “Sport, come here!”
We talk to Polly and Polly talks to us.
Indeed Polly seems like a real playmate.