Therewas once a heron. His best friend was a parrot 16 loved totalk a lot. The heron did not mind this, but some of the otheranimals disliked the parrot. For example, the chimpanzee wasdefinitely not 17 by her constant chattering. He told herto keep her mouth shut more often.

 Oneday, the heron was standing in the river, looking for minnows and 18 to eat. He saw a large crocodile 19 towards him,so he quickly flew off into the trees. “There’s a crocodile inthe river,” he told the parrot. “We must warn everyone. You’regood 20 talking, and you are 21 of flying quitefast. Please help.” The parrot quickly flew off. She had almostcompleted the 22 of warning all the animals when she sawthe chimpanzee. He had fallen 23 in a quiet 24 beside the river. Without saying anything, the parrot flew back tothe trees.

   Thenext day, the heron learned that the chimp had been eaten by thecrocodile. He 25 the parrot why she hadn’t warned thechimp. “He told me to keep my mouth shut,” she replied.