"What A Way To Break Some Bad News"

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What A Way To Break Some Bad News

(At dawn the telephone rings…………………………)

Caretaker: "Hello, Master Carlos? This is Arnaldo your country house Caretaker"

Master: "Ah yes, Mr. Arnaldo. What can I do for you? Is there a problem?"

Caretaker: "Um………………….., I am just calling to advise you, sir……………….that your parrot died"

Master: "My parrot - died??? The one that won all those competitions?"

Caretaker: "That's the one."

Master: "Darn! That's such a pity! I spent a small fortune on that bird. Oh well...what did he die from?"

Caretaker: "From eating rotten meat."

Master: "Rotten meat? Who was so mean as to give him meat, and rotten at that?"

Caretaker: "Nobody. He ate the meat of one of the dead horses."

Master: "Dead horses???? What dead horses Mr. Arnaldo?"

Caretaker: "Why, those pure-breed ones that you possessed, sir. They died from all that work pulling the water cart."

Master: "Are you insane? What water cart?"

Caretaker: "The one we used to put out the fire."

Master: "Good Lord! What fire are you talking about, man?"

Caretaker: "The one at your estate! A candle fell and then the curtain caught fire and razed your entire property."

Master: "What the...!!! But there was electricity at the premises!!!! What was the candle for???"

Caretaker: "For the funeral."

Master: "What bloody funeral???"

Caretaker: "Your mother's, sir! She showed up one night out of the blue and I thought she was a thief, so I shot her."