Birds In a Pet Store

illustrated by Dominique Liongson

A guy wanted to buy a singing bird from a pet shop. The pet store shopkeeper showed him three birds. The guy asked how much the first bird was. "1,000 dollars," said the shopkeeper. "That's too much! Why so?" asked the guy. The store owner said, "This bird can sing the complete symphony of Beethoven." 

The guy said, "Fair enough. How much is the second bird?" "5,000 dollars," said the shopkeeper. "That's outrageous! What can this bird do?" asked the guy. The shopkeeper said, "This bird can sing the complete symphony of Mozart." The guy said, "Impressive!" 

He saw an ageing bird losing feathers with a price tag of 10,000 dollars. He asked, "Being the most expensive bird in this shop, what can this old bird do?"

You know what the pet store shopkeeper said?

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"We aren't really sure what this bird can do. But what we do know is that the $1,000 bird and the $5,000 bird call him 'Maestro'." 

(Buy one Maestro bird and let him train all your birds to sing the complete symphonies of the great composers.  An investment worth $10,000. hee-hee…)



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DL
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"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, the wisdom to know the difference... and the sense of humor when I don't know the difference."
--Joel Goodman adding to Reinhold Niebuhr