Pip the Parrot Can’t Keep a Secret
Pip the parrot repeats everything he hears, including the secret surprise party!
It was nearly Captain Harvey’s birthday, and Mia had a secret plan. ‘We’ll give the Captain a hat with a feather!’ she whispered. ‘But nobody must say a word.’ Pip the parrot nodded very seriously.
But Pip was a parrot, and parrots repeat everything. When Harvey walked by, Pip said, ‘SECRET! SECRET! A hat with a feather!’ Mia jumped up. ‘Er, nothing!’ she said. ‘It’s just Pip being silly.’
Harvey raised an eyebrow. ‘A secret?’ he said. ‘What secret?’ Pip opened his beak. Mia quickly stuffed a cracker in it. Pip said, ‘Mmph! Mmph!’ which was the nearest he could get.
All week, Mia had to guard the surprise. She hid it in the cabin. She kept Pip busy with crackers and games. Pip nearly told again three times. Once, Pip even began to sing the whole plan.
On the big day, Harvey stepped onto the deck, and everyone jumped up. ‘SURPRISE!’ they shouted. Harvey looked so astonished. And then Pip flapped up and squawked, ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY!’ before anyone else could.
Harvey laughed so much that his hat fell off. ‘I knew there was a secret,’ he said, ‘but I didn’t know it would be such a good one.’ Mia gave Harvey a hat with a feather, and Pip got the biggest cracker.
The little lesson
Keeping a surprise secret is hard, but the surprise is worth waiting for.
Let’s talk about it
- Have you ever kept a secret?
- What surprise would you plan for a friend?
Finish stories to collect Mia as a sticker in your Sticker Book.
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