I got a nephew that I think a lot of
who works for this oil company,
and about four years ago they moved
him down to South America
and I ain’t seen him since.

But he still thinks about me and ma Crabapple.
Every Christmas he sends us a nice present.
This past Christmas he sent us a live bird,
a green bird about this tall with a
little yellow top notch on his head and
some red on it with a hooked beak
and sent it to us live from South America.

I’ll tell you something, that bird was delicious.

Yes sir.

We had him for Christmas dinner.

We fixed him with dressing and
had some cranberry sauce
and sweet potato stuffing.

Well, after Christmas my nephew called and
wanted to know if we got the bird.

I said; "We got him." and
he asked how we liked him.

I said; "He was delicious." and
he said; "You don’t mean that you ate him!"

I said; "Of course we did."

My nephew got all upset and pitched a fit.
He said; "I paid a fortune for that bird."
He said; "That thing is worth a fortune."
He said; "That bird could speak two different languages."

I said; " Well..., he should have said something."