There was only one problem: The captain's parrot saw the show each week and began to understand how the magician did every trick. Once she understood, she started shouting in the middle of the show:
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"Hey! That's not the same hat!" "Look! He's hiding the flowers under the table!" "Hey, why are all the cards the Ace of Spades?" |
The magician was furious but couldn't do anything; it was, after all, the Captain's parrot.
One day the ship was caught up in a terrible storm and sank. The magician found himself on a piece of wood in the middle of the ocean with the parrot.
They stared at each other with hate, but did not utter a word. This went on for a hour and another and another.
After a couple of days the parrot said: "OK, I give up. Where's the ship?"