Due to its green plumage, the parrot almost blended in with the mustard greens being dried, causing the thieves to overlook its presence.
Polly retracted one foot and began singing "Tears Behind Bars" in a mournful tone, "Iron gate, iron window, iron shackles, everything is iron… I gaze out the window... how beautiful is the life outside these bars…"
"With only the moon as my company… I miss my mother, I regret not listening to her, now I'm locked up in here…"
Polly sang with the utmost sentiment, each word dripping with emotion, yet it managed to hold back tears.
The thieves were speechless.
"Where did this bird come from?" the leader furrowed his brow.
Here they were, working, and the bird sang about being behind bars as if it was celebrating its birthday alone and someone was crying in front of it
The leader grew irritated and grabbed a mustard green, hurling it at Polly!
Polly flapped its wings and flew to a nearby tree.
The thieves ignored the bird. What could a bird do? It was not as important as the gemstone.
The leader called Luc, "Hurry, bring the truck in!"
The thieves destroyed the surface of mustard greens, scattering the dried fish all around.
Polly had a sense of heartbreak, exclaiming, "Margaret's going to throw a fit! Margaret's going to throw a fit"
"Squawk! Margaret! Margaret, come quickly! Someone ruined your sauerkraut!"
The leader's eyes darkened. He found Polly annoying.
"Kill it! It's too noisy," the leader said coldly.
Polly immediately took flight, exclaiming, "How dare you challenge the great bird!"
The gun equipped with a silencer was aimed at Polly, but it missed.
At one point, Polly managed to grab a phone watch with its claws. Although the gun missed Polly, it hit the watch, releasing a puff of black smoke.
Polly flew higher and urgently dialed 911.
"Hey, police, there's a burglar in my house! Catch the thief, catch the thief!"
The naive thief burst into laughter. He had only ever witnessed parrots learning to mimic speech but never imagined one calling for emergency services.
No matter how clever the bird seemed, it could not possibly dial 911. What it held in its paw was a pink watch that resembled a plastic toy, now emitting smoke.
The thieves ignored it, as they were busy figuring out how to move the giant gemstone. Meanwhile, Polly perched on the tree, racking its brain to tell its address.
"Sandyshore Island, Starlight Road, No. 5, Crawford Mansion! Crawford Mansion!"
The dim-witted thief burst into laughter upon hearing this.
The leader furrowed his brow and grumbled, "What's Luc up to? We've been waiting for the truck for so long. You two, head over and tell him to hurry up!"
The others were busy wedging bars under the boulder.
However, it was so heavy that they could not lift it using a lever…
As long as they attached chains to it, they could still move the boulder by rolling it.
However, they seemed unlucky.
When they finally managed to wedge the chain under the boulder, it snapped!
The clumsy thief who was struggling with the chain stumbled, and the item he was pulling flew out.
The iron chains crashed onto the leader's head, leaving his head swollen.
The pain fueled his rage, and he unleashed another outburst of anger toward the hapless accomplice.
"Sorry, sir! It was an accident, I didn't mean to do that!" he apologized and bowed profusely.
The clumsy thief stepped on something by accident and fell on the leader's crotch.
Muffled groans filled the air as both of them collapsed to the ground, with the leader clutching his injured crotch, experiencing excruciating pain.
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