Birdie laughed out loud. "Ah, so you know that old lay, do you Holly?" she said. "A cautionary tale from mothers, perhaps, on the dangers of running off with handsome strangers, especially if they are not of your kind."
"A lesson you could have heeded yourself, on more than one occasion", said Holly drily.
"True enough," said Birdie matter-of-factly. She finished brushing Periwinkle and gave her a pat on the neck. "Now if I remember rightly, the hero of that tale in the end was the King's parrot, was it not?" Birdie gave a wink and a smile, "I always suspected that parrot might have been a skin-changer."
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