He had kept her in his bunk in the ship, and had spent all his leisure time in teaching her to talk.
Then he looked at her anxiously, and said, "Show off now, can't ye ?" "I didn't know what he meant by all this, until afterward.

I had never heard of such a thing as birds talking.

I stood on the table staring hard at her, and she stared hard at me.

I was just thinking that I would not like to have her sharp little beak fastened in my skin, when I heard some one say, "Beautiful Joe." The voice seemed to come from the room, but I knew all the voices there, and this was one I had never heard before, so I thought I must be mistaken, and it was some one in the hall.

I struggled to get away from Jack to run and see who it was.