African Grey - Mama Got A Ticket
by Jill
(North Carolina)
Oliver Playing
I went to Dallas for a couple of days on business. Left on a Wednesday afternoon and got back on Friday afternoon.
I was on my computer Friday nite, checking email, etc., Jim was across the table from me on his computer and Oliver was on his play gym just talking, chatting away.
Now, even though Jim does most of the "talk teaching", I'm usually the one that notices and hears when he first says something new.
So... I'm sitting there, at my computer, and Oliver says "Mama got a tick". He says this several times and it dawns on me... hey, that's something new. I scrunch up my face, look at Jim and say to him, "Oliver's saying, Mama's got a tick. Tick? Tick? What's that?? What's tick??"
Jim gets this big grin on his face, turns toward Oliver and says to Oliver, "Oliver, tell Mama what she got in the mail while she was gone. Mama got a ticket. Mama's in biiiig trouble."
Of course, I knew exactly what it was then. "Oh, man. I knew that was coming." I had gotten one of those red-light camera tickets.. you know, with the picture of your car. What a scam!!! Came in the mail while I was gone.
By the end of the night, Oliver had added on the "et" to "tick" and was saying the whole thing.
Jim had wanted Oliver to tell me I got the ticket!!!!!! and he did.
Oliver just saved my butt. Not only did Jim not yell at me for getting it but he PAID the ticket! Got out of that one.
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