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The Parrots
Parrots who appear in a nonsense rhyme.
minor
Also known as the Seven Families The Parrots, the old Parrots, the Seven Young Parrots
First appearance: one hundred nonsense pictures and rhymes
The Parrots's tie to The Fishes is one of the pressures that moves Nonsense Books—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Sixty-five red parrots with blue tails whose feathers are stolen; also the seven young Parrots who fight and die over a cherry.
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With The Fishes (friendship): The Fishes and the Parrots are companions who interact playfully in their shared environment. With The Storks (social): The Parrots and the Storks are fellow birds who interact as neighbors…
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Relationship types
- Social
- Other
Character groups
- Nonsense animal groups
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Open in readerNarrative arc
Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
Lady Jingly’s tearful confession that she already has a mate in England delivers the emotional peak of unfulfi…
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Follow the arc while readingRelationships
- The Fishes
friendship · positive
The Fishes and the Parrots are companions who interact playfully in their shared… How this plays out →
- The Storks
social · ambivalent
- The Storks
social · ambivalent
Relationship notes
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See The Parrots in one hundred nonsense pictures and rhymesIn the story
The Parrots appears across 8 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- Nonsense Stories
- The History of the Seven Families of the Lake Pipple-Popple
- Chapter II: The Seven Families
- Chapter III: The Habits of the Seven Families
- Chapter IV: The Children of the Seven Families Are Sent Away
- Chapter V: The History of the Seven Young Parrots
- Chapter XIII: Of What Became of the Parents of the Forty-Nine Children
- More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc.
Chapter companion notes
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