"Let's call him Pete," suggested Andy.
"Pete's not a Spanish name. He ought to have a Spanish name," said Cathy.
"I think Pedro's the Spanish for Pete," said Jerry, remembering a story he had read about a Spanish donkey.
They agreed on Pedro. They all addressed the parrot by name but he only glared at them with his beady eyes and kept silent.
"Maybe he's dumb," said Andy.
"Maybe he's too young to know how to talk," said Cathy.
"He's not that young," said Jerry.
They were eating dessert—pineapple upside-down cake—when the parrot beat his wings and said in a strong, hoarse voice, "Caramba!"
"What does that mean?" Jerry asked his father.
"It's a Spanish word that they use the same way we say 'Gosh!'"