When another week had gone by, everyone started to arrive. They all crowded into the hollow, where it was all dark except for one spot of light.

The Regent Parrot stood up the front, right by the light so everyone could see him. Everyone else found a good spot to sit in the shadows.

Everyone, please be quiet he said.

When they were all quiet, he said
I want to know how many different kinds of parrots there are in Perth. Does anyone know?

There was a shuffling of feathers, and then someone right at the back called out Twenty-eight!


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