The Magician and the Parrot

A magician was working in the lounge on a cruise ship, and every night, the captain of the ship would come in with his pet parrot and watch the act. The parrot seemed particularly fascinated by the magician's tricks and started watching them very closely.

One night the magician took the stage and announced, "Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, I will saw this lovely woman in half right before your eyes!"

"*Craaawk!*", said the parrot, "It's a fake! *whistle* he's got fake legs coming out the other side of the box!" The crowd roared, and the magician was less than amused.

"OK then, I will do a different trick", announced the magician, "Pick a card, madam, and I will tell you which card you have chosen."

"*Craaawk*! They're all the same cards!" answered the parrot!

This heckling continued for several weeks, and was completely ruining the magician's act, and needless to say, the magician grew to hate this bird, but he couldn't harm it, since it was the captain's pet.

One night after a particularly bad show, the magician was walking on the upper deck of the ship when a huge explosion ripped through the bottom decks of the ship. The magician jumped into a lifeboat and dropped to safety.

As he watched the ship sink, the captain's parrot flew out from the ship and landed in his lifeboat.

Several days passed without a word between the magician and the parrot, the magician just glared at the bird, and the bird just kept looking in the direction of the sunken ship.

Finally, the parrot broke down...

"*Craaawk!* OK, Mate! What did you do with the ship??"