A star is born

Meet Koko! Never heard of him? Well, before long he'll be front page all over the world, that is a certainty. Yesterday I was browsing at Tino's pet shop when suddenly loud and clear wonderful words erupted in the store,  "WHEN SORROWS COME, THEY COME NOT SINGLE SPIES, BUT IN... CROAAK!!" Geez, Shakespeare quote from Hamlet!! All the people in the store stood still at once as if hit by lightning. It was not a lightning but a beautiful rainbow in the form of a parrot.

He was there, alone in his cage, seemingly amused by the crowd assembled before him and still under the shock. Immediately Mister Tino surreptitiously removed the price tag and said, "He's a talker, no doubt!" (obviously english litterature was not part of his curiculum) before adding "he can be yours for just 25 grands". Just $25,000.00?!!! Gee, this Koko is a money making machine! People will pay hundreds of dollars, maybe thousands, to watch him quote Hamlet in the text. "I'll buy him!" I said trying to hide my over excitement. "And put your nicest and biggest cage on the bill!" I added for good measure. This marvel of a parrot surely needs to be cajoled.