This morning in my Grade 2 class, we were reading the book "Lizard for Sale." It's a boring book, I don't recommend it. But we were listing off all the animals that are used for pets, and we got to "Parrots." I put the flash card on the board, turned around, and asked "Who knows what is one special thing that parrots can do?"
There were lots of hands, and the girl I called on stood up and said: "They speak Chinese!"
I laughed outloud, having never thought about the fact that parrots speak a language I seem to be unable to pick up. We then discussed what language parrots would speak in France or Japan; finally leading to the conclusion that although parrots can talk, they really can't speak Chinese.
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