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Nadimi, Susan

 
9780807550595: The Rich Man and the Parrot
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0807550590 ISBN 13: 9780807550595
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company, 2007

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Once there was a wealthy merchant who loved all his possessions, but his favorite was the talking parrot that he kept locked in a golden cage. One day the merchant left for India. His parrot asked that he deliver a message to his brothers in the jungle.

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Once there was a wealthy merchant who loved all his possessions, but his favorite was the talking parrot that he kept locked in a golden cage. One day the merchant left for India. His parrot asked that he deliver a message to his brothers in the jungle.

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The Rich Man and the Parrot

By Suzan Nadimi, Ande Cook

ALBERT WHITMAN & Company

Copyright © 2007 Suzan Nadimi
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ISBN: 978-0-8075-5059-5
CHAPTER 1

Once upon a time in Persia there lived a rich merchant whose mansion was filled with exquisite treasures. He had smooth silk from China, intricate jewelry from India, and colored glass from the west.

Of all the beautiful things he owned, however, the merchant loved a parrot from India the most.

For this was not an ordinary parrot, but a parrot that entertained the lonely merchant with old legends and tall tales.

The merchant had built for his parrot a garden of tall sycamore trees, sweet-smelling jasmine bushes, and rippling fountains of cool blue water. He took care of his parrot's every wish-except for one.

"I am sorry," the merchant would say each time the parrot asked to be freed from his cage. "But you'll fly away from me sooner or later, as birds always do. And I can't bear to part with you."

One day the merchant told his parrot, "I'm traveling to India. Is there anything you want from your homeland? Tell me, and I will buy it."

"I do desire something, and you need not pay coins of gold for it," the parrot answered. "When you happen to pass by the jungle, give my greetings to my brothers. Tell them that I often think of the days when we flew free. And, please Master, bring me back their reply."

The merchant traveled to India and loaded his caravan with spices, jewels, and gold. On the last day of his stay, he visited the jungle, just as he had been asked. There he saw the beautiful parrots so much like his own bird.

"Dear parrots," he called out. "I bring you a message from your brother."

The parrots listened intently as the merchant delivered the message. "My parrot would like an answer," the merchant said when he was done. "Do you have one for him?"

None of the parrots spoke.


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Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0807550590
ISBN 13 
9780807550595
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
32