Jerry ran down to the recreation room. The TV had been turned off. Cathy was standing close to Pedro's cage.
"Cathy. Cathy. Cathy," she repeated. "Say Cathy."
Jerry was indignant. While he had been hard at work on the lawn and then running to the store, Cathy had been trying to teach the parrot to say her name.
"You quit that," ordered Jerry.
"I'd like to know why."
Jerry did not come right out and say that he wanted Pedro to say his name first.
"Seems pretty conceited for you to think your name is the most important word in the English language," he said. "Pretty conceited. Naturally Pedro should learn the most important words first."
"What is the most important word in the English language?" asked Cathy.
"Depends on what?"