# The Parrots — Nonsense Books character guide

> The Parrots in Nonsense Books by Edward Lear.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Seven Families The Parrots, the old Parrots, the Seven Young Parrots

**First appearance:** 0091-one-hundred-nonsense-pictures-and-rhymes

## Who they are

Parrots who appear in a nonsense rhyme.

## Relationships

### [The Fishes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/characters/the_fishes)

_friendship_

The Fishes and the Parrots are companions who interact playfully in their shared environment.

### [The Storks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/characters/the_storks)

_social_

The Parrots and the Storks are fellow birds who interact as neighbors in the same ecosystem.

### [The Storks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/characters/the_storks)

_social_

The Parrots and the Storks are fellow birds who interact as neighbors in the same ecosystem.

## In the story

### [Nonsense Stories](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/nonsense-stories)

Sixty-five red parrots with blue tails whose feathers are stolen; also the seven young Parrots who fight and die over a cherry.

### [The History of the Seven Families of the Lake Pipple-Popple](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/the-history-of-the-seven-families-of-the-lake-pipple-popple)

The family of two old Parrots and seven young Parrots; the young Parrots fight over a cherry and tear each other to bits.

### [Chapter II: The Seven Families](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/chapter-ii-the-seven-families)

A family of two old Parrots and seven young Parrots.

### [Chapter III: The Habits of the Seven Families](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/chapter-iii-the-habits-of-the-seven-families)

The Parrots live on Soffsky-Poffsky trees and eat fruit, artichokes, and striped beetles.

### [Chapter IV: The Children of the Seven Families Are Sent Away](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/chapter-iv-the-children-of-the-seven-families-are-sent-away)

The old Parrots warn their children not to fight over a cherry.

### [Chapter V: The History of the Seven Young Parrots](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/chapter-v-the-history-of-the-seven-young-parrots)

The seven young Parrots fight over a single cherry and destroy each other.

### [Chapter XIII: Of What Became of the Parents of the Forty-Nine Children](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/chapter-xiii-of-what-became-of-the-parents-of-the-forty-nine-children)

Two old Parrots, parents of the seven young Parrots who fought and died.

### [More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/more-nonsense-pictures-rhymes-botany-etc)

Referenced in the limerick about the old man of Dunrose whose nose was seized by a parrot.

## Links

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