It was after our breakfast that I was told to go up along with the parlour maid and serve the family breakfast. I was very nervous, but the parlour maid told me not to worry. So up I went, shaking in my boots, and into the breakfast room where the sideboard was laden with kidneys and rice and bacon and all sorts of delicious things. There were just four people at the table: three elderly men and a woman with a green parrot on her shoulder. Now, the thing about the parrot was that it had messed all down her shoulder and all down the front of her dress and she wasn't in the least bothered. She just smiled into the distance and every now and then fed the bird something from her hand. Rose Plummer
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As you go to have breakfast, you are nervous about serving the family. Even though your parlour maid told you not to worry, there is still some anxiety inside of you. You are afraid of being criticized because of your appearance. When you are done serving the family, there are four people at the table.

Three elderly men and a woman with a green parrot on her shoulder. The parrot is all messed up and one of the elderly men is feeding it with something from his hand. The elderly man does not seem to mind that the bird has dirt on it or that it has peed on her dress or that it has made a mess in her hair.

What makes the woman smile every now and then away from the parrot is that she was able to ignore its misdeeds and still be happy.

Source: The Maids Tale

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