A woman went to a pet store and bought a parrot.

A woman went to a pet store and bought a parrot.

The clerk assured her that the parrot would repeat every word it heard.

A week later, the woman stormed back into the store, complaining that the parrot hadn’t said a word.

The clerk asked in confusion, “Did you talk to it every day?” The woman replied, “Of course. I read Shakespeare to it every day.”

The clerk said helplessly, “Ma’am, it might be a literary critic and doesn’t think you’re reading well enough.”