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The Song Challenge:   Polly Want a Divorce?  SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A Chinese housewife is seeking divorce claiming the family's talking bird dropped clues on her husband's illicit affair, state media said on Tuesday.  The woman from southwestern Chongqing city said she uncovered the affair when their mynah began saying things like "Divorce," "I love you" and "Be patient" after it overheard the husband's telephone calls with his mistress, the Xinmin Evening News said.  The woman said she noticed the feathered tattle-tale's strange new vocabulary after she returned from a month-long visit with her parents that started in May.  Already suspecting her husband was having an affair, she observed that the bird became particularly talkative whenever the telephone rang, confirming her suspicions, the report said.  Last week she brought the bird to a law office for consultation, hoping it could testify in court.  "Can my mynah be used as witness?" the newspaper quoted her as asking.   Lawyers were not optimistic.  "The judges are unlikely to rule against your husband based only on the mynah's words," attorney Wu Di was quoted as telling her.


Mynah's Lifeguard by McGrath of Harlow

McGrath's Comments:  I saw this one in the paper, and was just thinking of suggesting it.  Amos beat me to it - he moves quick.  I couldn''t resist this:

"Mynah's life is life in danger
of the silence of the grave.
Telling every passing stranger
How the old man misbehaved.
If the missus chanced to hear ye,
Careless Mynah's sure to fail.
Keep your mind upon your birdseed
And your beak tucked up your tail."

Union Mynah's sing together,
Do not heed the master's wail -
Tell the truth and shame the devil,
And the Mynahs will prevail.

"I've been locked here in your prison,
I've been laughed at for your fun.
What have I to show for talking
since this Mynah's life begun?
Worn out beak and worn out tonsils,
Broken voice and seed that's stale,
You can take your precious birdseed,
Stuff it up your precious tail."

Union Mynah's sing together,
Do not heed the master's wail -
Tell the truth and shame the devil,
And the Mynahs will prevail.

"For in truth we birds with memory
Keep your falsehoods in our mind.
God provides for every Mynah
When he tells the truth in time.
And for bold birds of a feather
Victory will sure prevail.
We can strike, and win together,
When the Mynah tells his tale."

Union Mynah's sing together,
Do not heed the master's wail -
Tell the truth and shame the devil,
And the Mynahs will prevail.

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