"Christmas Bird"
I got a nephew that I think a lot of and he works for the Shell Oil company.
An' about four years ago they moved him down to South America an' I ain't seen him
since.
But he still thinks about me an' Ma Crabapple. Every Christmas he sends us a nice present. This past Christmas he sent us a "Live" bird.
Green bird, 'bout this tall, had a little yellow top notch on his head with some red on it
an' a hooked beak-sent it to us live from South America.
I tell ya sumpthin' that bird was delicious! yes sir!
We had him for Christmas dinner. We fixed him with some dressin' an' cranberry sauce,
sweet pertater scuffle.
Well after Christmas my nephew called wanna t' know if we got the bird!
I said "We got him" Wanna t' know how we liked him.
I said "He was delicious!" He said "You don't mean you eat that bird!"
I said "Well a course we did" My nephew got all upset an' pitched a fit.
He said "I paid a fortune for that bird!" He said "That things worth a fortune!"
He said "That bird could speak two different languages!"
I said "Well... he shoulda' said sumpthin'"