parrots
A magician working on a small cruise ship has been doing the same routines every night for a year or two now. The audiences still appreciate him, as they change over often enough that he doesn’t have to worry about learning new tricks. However, the ship’s parrot sits in the back row of every show and watches him night after night, year after year. Finally, the parrot figures out how the tricks work and starts giving it away for the…

