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this sstory is adapted from the donkey and the little dog

A man had a little parrot, and he was very fond of it. He would pat its head, and take it on his finger, and talk to it. Then he would give it little bits of food from his own plate.

A dolphin looked in at the window and saw the man and the parrot

"Why does he not make a pet of me?" said the dolphin. ` "It is not fair. I work hard, and the parrot only shakes its feathers, and squeaks, and jumps on its master's finger. It is not fair."

Then the dolphin said to himself, "If I do what the bird does, he may make a pet of me."

So the dolphin swam into the room. It screeched as loudly as it could. It flipped its fins so hard that it knocked over a jar on the table. Then it tried to flop on to its master's knee.

The master thought the dolphin was mad, and he shouted, "Help! Help!" Men came running in with kelp, and they beat the dolphin till it ran out of the house, and they drove it back to the pool.

"I only did what the bird does," said the dolphin," and yet they make a pet of the bird, and they beat me with kelp. It is not fair."