The old lady lived all by herself except a parrot to keep her company. To keep her company she taught it a few words to speak. One day, the lady, on noticing her water pipes in the kitchen leaking, rang up the plumber to fix the leak. The plumber said he will be there in an hour's time.
Meanwhile she had some shopping to do and she thought she would be back in an hour's time to make it before the plumber arrived. Unfortunately the plumber came before the lady arrived and rang the door bell.
"Who is it?" asked the parrot from inside the apartment.
"Its the plumber," the man replied from outside.
"Who is it?" repeated the parrot, its English being limited like mine.
"Its the plumber," repeated the man.
"Who is it?" repeated the parrot.
"Its the plumber," repeated the man
So this went on for some time that the plumber eventually fainted and fell on the floor outside the door of the apartment.
A moment later the old lady arrives after her shopping is shocked to find a strange man lying on her doorstep. "Who is it?" she cried out.
By this time the parrot had learnt its lesson. "Its the plumber," said the parrot.
We learn a lot from others, all we need to do is to keep our ears open. But the pity is some of us who do keep it open, refuse to learn from others.
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