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• A man went into a pet shop one day.
  “I’d like a parrot that talks”, he said.
  “I’m sorry sir, but you have to teach your parrot to speak.”
  So he chose a parrot and took it home with him.
  Two weeks later he returned to the pet shop.
  “My parrot still doesn’t speak”, he said.
  “Ah, that's a shame. Buy this mirror. He’ll look at himself, and talk.”
  The man bought the mirror and went away.
  Two weeks later he returned a final time.
  “My parrot is dead”, he said.
  “I’m sorry, sir – but tell me, before he died, did he say anything?”
  “Yes he did. But only one word.”
  “Really?
  Which word was that?”
  “Foooooooood!”

  Quelle: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/stories/three-jokes

Activities

• Read the story above or listen to it! 
  
  
• Do the text-re-construction exercises after reading!
  - exercise 1
  - exercise 2
  
  
• Copy the text and go to http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm.
  
  
• Paste the text into the frame.
  
  
• Change the layout and the colour to make your word cloud look nice.
  
  
• Download and save your word cloud.
  
  
• Use your word cloud and re-tell the story in your own words.