I-Spy....Sounds

P is for Parrot.
The first Parrot I met was outside a cafe, on a stand. All the passersby would stop and talk to him, including me! I was just a kid and absolutely mesmerised by this beautiful bird, like a very large version of our little budgerigar!
Whenever I see a parrot I have to talk to it and if they answer I'm delighted. I saw then flying wild when I was holidaying in Peru (my bucket list trip). I was laughing at something and there was an echo - the parrot was mimicking me and the more it laughed, the more I did  and so on. It was wonderful!
My neighbour has an Amazon Grey parrot that has picked up some of my words, like "Puppies" & "Quiet". Makes me laugh when I hear it calling the Puppies.

I'm with you on parrots.  Way back when, as a family we were going from A to B, I can't remember exactly where, we stopped of in Honolulu Hawaii. My elder brother and I,  about 7 and 11  yrs old, were fascinated by the resident pet parrot, a macaw I think. It talked and my brother went to great lengths to teach it to say 'Belt Up' in a British accent of course. That was about as near to swearing as we were allowed at that age. I believe after a week we succeeded and were very giggly about it.  Of course it was my brother's idea, I  would never be so coarse.  Another memory of that visit was that there was a vending machine dishing out free pineapple juice.  Us kids direct from Kidderminster thought it was so exotic.