A Magician worked on a cruise ship, and as the audience changed every few days, he always preformed the same routine.
The ship's Captain kept a Parrot, and after seeing the act many times, the Parrot began to catch on to how the tricks were done.
Soon, the Parrot started to ruin his performance by shouting things like, "Look, it's a different hat", or "The flowers are under the table", or, "The whole deck is the Ace of Spades".
The Magician learned to hate that bird, but there was nothing he could do, because, well, it WAS the Captain's Parrot.
Then, one stormy night the ship sank, drowning nearly everyone on board.
The Magician was lucky enough to find himself near a large piece of weckage, but as he pulled himself onto it, he was shocked to find the Parrot already sitting on it.
All through the night and next day, they sat there glaring at each other.
The silent exchange of hatred continued through the second day.
Then the third.
Finally, on the forth day, the parrot cleared his throat, and said, "OK, I give up, - - - - - - - - - - - where's the ship?"
