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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1885
Page
3
In a tale about Dean Branley, his parrot Polly escapes her cage in the family sitting room to watch the morning prayers. Polly eyes the assembled servants with a wicked glance and fixes her gaze on the master, defying the crowd with a roguish stare.
A collection of parrot anecdotes shows birds mimicking human thought and speech. Stories include a gray parrot scolding a thief and a Polly misinterpreting a baby as a roasted pig, illustrating humorous but vivid bird behavior.
The text presents a word puzzle about beheading and letter removal to form other words and asks a query about Sonny Forte. It also asks a riddle about a moving carriage and whether the wheel’s tonnage moves faster than the bottom.
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