> bid for a parrot. David really wanted this bird, so he got
> caught up and thoroughly involved in the bidding. He kept on
> bidding, but kept getting outbid, so he bid higher and
> higher and higher.
>
> Finally, after he had bid much more than he had intended,
> David won the bid; the parrot was his at last.
>
> As he was paying for the parrot, he said to the auctioneer,
> "I hope this parrot can talk. I would hate to have paid this
> much for it, only to find out that he can't talk!"
>
> "Don't worry." said the auctioneer, "He can talk. Who do
> you think kept bidding against you?"
>
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