by John Fefchak - Virden, MB
Family members were excited when a large box arrived at their house. A relative in the tropics had told them to expect a gift in the mail.
A week passed. The phone
rang. It was the relative. "How did you like the gift that I sent"?
“We really enjoyed it,” replied a
family member. "It was delicious!”
"WHAT?" exclaimed
an angry voice. “You ate the parrot? That was a very expensive
bird. It could speak both official languages! It wasn't meant to be eaten!”
"Too Bad" replied
the family member. “It should have spoken up and said something.”
Like the parrot, have we
humans waited too long to speak up, too?
