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had her concerns. “And just what is this

job?” she asked.

“You know how Mrs. Owen raises

lots of parrots?” Jace asked. Susan

nodded, so Jace continued. “She has

asked if I would like to help her train

them to speak. It will only pay

minimum, but it would be almost every

night, and it would be steady work.

Besides, she doesn’t live far away.”

Mrs. Owen was their neighbor and

lived around the corner. She loved

birds. Her whole garage was full of

birds, many she had raised from eggs.

She had just about every kind of parrot

or parrot-related bird a person could

imagine or legally own. Susan could see