A magician was working on a cruise ship in the
Caribbean. The audience would be different each
week, so the magician allowed himself to do the
same tricks over and over again.
There was only one problem: The captain's parrot
saw the shows each week and began to understand
how the magician did every trick.
Once he understood he started shouting in the middle
of the show. "Look, it's not the same hat" the parrot
would say. "Look, he is hidding the flowers under the
table. Hey why are all the cards the ace of spades?"
The magician was furious, but couldn't do anything
about it. It was after all, the captains parrot.
One day the ship had an accident and sank. The
magician found himself flouting on a piece of wood
in the middle of the ocean, with the parrot of course.
They stared at each other with hate but did not utter
a world. This continued day after day. Finally, the
parrot had enough and said, "OK, I give up. Where's
the boat?"