Parrot History

By Max E. Harris

A very old parrot living high in a jungle tree relates to a group of young parrots what she has seen and stories she has heard over almost a century. She tells of the changes from a bird's point of view.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Max E. Harris
• Release date: Nov 12, 2013
• ISBN: 9781310844799

Max E. Harris

Max Harris started adult life as a programmer and lived where the work was. That was mainly Houston, Texas, but also Europe, the Far East, and even Sacramento to be close to mountains..In his second life he moved to northern Italy where he writes short stories and screenplays. Sometimes he is even an actor.Most of his time he walks dogs

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Parrot History

Jungle Tails

By

Max E. Harris

Published by Max E. Harris at Smashwords

Copyright 2013 Max E. Harris

rev. 1.01

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Table of Contents

Palomar's Tale

Alonzo's Tale

Juanito's Tale

But They Don't Listen to Me

About the Author

Palomar's Tale

From high in the equatorial sky a bird looks down upon the forest canopy below. It is late morning and the jungle below has become quiet again after the early morning clamber for food and water. Some of the jungle residents have become the food of others. Some take their water from the drops on the leaves while others make the treacherous trip to the ground. The lucky ones obtain their liquids from the foods they consume.

Perched on a branch in the middle of a tree in this jungle are five members of a parrot family. On the left are two young gray female parrots. They are small and peck at each other in play. Next to them is their larger gray mother. She is about twenty years old and has raised many generations of parrots already. She looks over happily at the two young females then turns to the large colorful male next to