Bella won't run away." After a time the Morrises did let her out, and she kept her word and never tried to get away.

Jack put a little handle on her cage door so that she could open and shut it herself, and it was very amusing to hear her say in the morning, "Clear the track, children! Bella's going to take a walk," and see her turn the handle with her claw and come out into the room.

She was a very clever bird, and I have never seen any creature but a human being that could reason as she did.

She was so petted and talked to that she got to know a great many words, and on one occasion she saved the Morrises from being robbed.
It was in the winter time.

The family was having tea in the dining room at the back of the house, and Billy and I were lying in the hall watching what was going on.