55 The Art of Breeding Heavenly Elephants

“What are you looking at? Haven’t you seen a bird speak before? What do you want? I don’t like being disturbed so early in the morning. That old fellow doesn’t want me to guard the entrance. So, he locked me up here. It’s so suffocating! I’ll swallow that old fellow someday!” The giant parrot lifted its wings and started to comb them with its beak. Then, it spoke these words. Shi Mu was left thunderstruck.

“What’s wrong dear Cai? You don’t like being shackled in the cage? Then I shall wash you and put you in a pot. I’ll stew you and make a large bowl of bird soup. Do you like this idea?” Suddenly, a person’s silhouette appeared behind the table. The person seemed to be as huge and flabby as a mountain.