Speaking Wilbur

The kids had been driving me nuts, asking me to buy them a talking bird, so I finally got them a parrot. We named him Wilbur and tried to teach him some words, but all he would say was, "Hello. Hello."

Over and over, my elder son tried to get Wilbur to say "Jeff is the greatest." Nothing. My husband tried with "Give this a raise." Nothing. I took a turn with "Clean your room." Still nothing.

Finally Wilbur started talking. During dinner all we heard was "He did it. No, He did it," and then "Get out of my room."