{"id":262,"date":"2020-02-03T12:23:45","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T12:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/?p=262"},"modified":"2020-02-03T12:23:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T12:23:47","slug":"parrots-prattle-short-story-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/2020\/02\/03\/parrots-prattle-short-story-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Parrot\u2019s prattle \u2013 Short Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1552728089-57bdde30beb3?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&amp;ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjEyMDd9&amp;auto=format\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"382\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Newly married Sushant and Seema, whose finances were quite tight, \nlived in a tiny one-room flat rented out by a tyrannical landlord, Mr. \nKhan, who lived next door. The rent was too steep and the facilities \nsadly inadequate, but they did not know how to hint at it to the \nthick-skinned landlord, and could not afford anything better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One day, Mr. Khan dropped in and declared in his usual peremptory \nfashion, \u201cI\u2019m going away on a 2-week vacation. I was just wondering what\n to do with my pet parrot, Mithu. Then I remembered you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bird is an absolute delight; he\u2019s just learning to talk. I\u2019m sure you\u2019d like to keep him and look after him until I return!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The young couple had no choice but meekly agree. Mr. Khan happily went off on his vacation after dumping his pet on them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On his return, Mr. Khan was delighted to find his parrot lively, \nhealthy, and apparently very well cared for. However, he soon realised \nthat he had underestimated his tenants. For, as soon as he had brought \nhim back home, Mithu began to talk, declaiming over and over again \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe rent\u2019s too high \u2013 take pity on poor Sushant!<br>\nThe rent\u2019s too high \u2013 take pity on poor Sushant!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Newly married Sushant and Seema, whose finances were quite tight, lived in a tiny one-room flat rented out by a tyrannical landlord, Mr. Khan, who&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9,13],"class_list":["post-262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","tag-chandamama","tag-english"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":263,"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions\/263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}