Written by: Mike Stuhr (Distant T)

A magician went to work on a cruise ship and did a magic act every night at 9:00 o'clock. At the back of the theater, the Captain's pet parrot would sit and watch his act and what ever trick the magician would do the parrot would figure it out and expose the magician to the audience.

"He had it up his sleeve!", "He palmed it!", "It's a fake knife!".

What ever the deal was, the parrot always figured it out... and blabbed to the crowd.

The magician hated the bird and wanted to kill him, but knew he could not touch it, with out suffering the wrath of the Captain.

One night, right in the middle of the magician's act, the ship struck an iceberg. The lights went out and the ship sank in a matter of seconds.

Out in the dark, the magician popped up to the surface and swam to a large plank and held on for dear life. Shortly after, he was joined by the parrot.

The two stared at each other,eyes full of hate and for three days neither spoke a word or blinked and eye as they floated in the ocean.

Finally, late on the third day, the parrot broke the silence and said to the magician:

"O.K., I give up. What did you do with the ship?"

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