Maddy received a parrot as a gift. The parrot was fully grown with a very bad attitude and worse vocabulary. Every other word was an expletive: those that weren't expletives were to say the least, rude. Maddy tried to change the bird's attitude by constantly saying polite Words and playing soft music...anything she could think of.

Nothing worked.

She yelled at the bird and the bird got worse. She shook the bird and the bird got madder and ruder. Finally in a moment of desperation, Maddy put the parrot in the freezer to get a minute of peace. For a few moments she heard the bird swearing, squawking kicking and screaming and then, suddenly there was absolute quiet.

Maddy was frightened that she might have actually hurt the bird and

Quickly opened the freezer door. The parrot calmly stepped out onto Mary's extended arm and said "I'm very sorry that I offended you with my language and my actions and I ask your forgiveness. I will endeavor to correct my behavior and I am sure it will never happen again".

Maddy was astounded at the changes in the bird's attitude and was about to ask what had changed him, when the parrot continued, "May I ask what the chicken did?"