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               Parrot Essay

   There has been debates on who actually broke the valuable vase, located in Mrs. Hoffman?s house. The vase was valued at three thousand dollars, and meant the world to Mrs. Hoffman. Mrs. Hoffman claims that she came home one afternoon from the hairdresser, and noticed a horrified face on Billy, only to look in the living room and to her surprise, it had been in disarray. There were pillows all over, a **** vase, and fallen books from the shelves. Mrs. Hoffman argues that the parrot that was sold to her could have caused this tragedy, but Mr. King argues otherwise. Mr. King had been training parrots for 14 years, and directed the movie, ?The Purple Pirate?, where parrots were required to be trained.

   First off, in line 2 of Mrs. Hoffman?s statement, she describes Billy as an intelligent and creative boy; but, could it be that Billy used his intellect and creativity to come up with a story? In line 8 of Billy?s claim, Billy says that the parrot had picked up the pillows off the couch and threw them everywhere. Looking at the picture in Evidence B, there were pillows everywhere, indeed. However, in line 2 of Billy?s story, he states that he was typing a paper. Looking back at Evidence B, there is a pillow right next to the typewriter, blocking Billy from successfully completing his paper.

   Next, in Evidence B it is noticeable that there was a boomerang dangling off the shelves, and look as if it could easily knock something over. To one?s blind eye, that would pass their mind, but looking deep into the photo you can see that there were trophies on the shelves as well, along with a boomerang. Billy potentially could have been taking a break and decided to try out his boomerang that he enjoyed. Billy then knocked over the vase and placed it on the shelves as a cover-up. Why would there be a boomerang in a living room, anyways? Typically a boomerang is played outdoors, and shouldn?t be used inside, which Billy knew and tried to cover-up in order to have his reputation remain at a ?good boy?.

   Lastly, it can be seen in Evidence B and C that there are a few items missing. In Mrs. Hoffman?s statement, located at line 16, it was said that the vase had fallen off a table. Looking back at Evidence B and C, it clearly doesn?t have a table located anywhere, and definitely not by the vase. If Mrs. Hoffman?s claim was that the parrot broke the table, then why should she put in facts that aren?t true, like false evidence? Look in lines 5 of Billy?s story, and line 17 in Mrs. Hoffman?s story, and it can be seen that they mentioned a perch and pedestal. Looking back to the evidence, there was not any crate, pedestal, or perch that Long John Silver, the parrot, could have rested on. If Mrs. Hoffman and Billy are telling the truth, why should there be more untrue facts in order to throw detectives off?

   All in all, the process of figuring out who did what will take awhile, analyzing every piece of evidence that was presented. Neither of the two opposing sides wanted the vase to be broken, and the whole thing could have been an accident. With Mr. King?s 14 years of training, it seems impossible that the parrot had done the breaking of the vase; however, there is always suspects and only time will tell who broke that expensive vase, and there will be punishments and penalties if there had been lying involved in either of the statements.