Spoiled by Eight Uncles

Gilbert continued to accompany Lilly in her efforts to persuade the parrot after chasing Debbie away. He was irritated at the prospect of having to sweet-talk an animal into following them home rather than trapping it.

“Come on, Polly. I’ll feed you delicious meat if you come down,” the man coaxed.

The parrot stared at Gilbert and shook its head. “No meat. No meat! No fat!”

When he saw the animal was refusing to cooperate, he took a deep breath and resorted to his last resort, “Lilly, let’s go. Ignore the parrot.”

Tears welled up in Lilly’s eyes as she clutched Gilbert’s shirt and begged, “Please, Uncle Gilbert. Don’t abandon Polly.”

It broke his heart to watch Lilly in such distress. Hence, he apologized, “I’m sorry, Lilly. This is all my fault. I shouldn’t have said that.” He wanted to slap himself hard when he realized that he had forgotten the little girl was overly protective of her friends.

Lilly was surprised because that was the first time anyone had apologized to her. She smiled and patted Gilbert on the shoulder. “It’s all right, Uncle Gilbert.”

Even though she had expressed her regrets in the past, no one had assured her that everything was fine. The little girl promptly comforted her uncle, knowing that the apologizer would feel horrible if she did not respond.

They then turned their focus to the parrot.

“Polly, be good now. Uncle Gilbert didn’t mean to trick you. He isn’t a bad person,” Lilly assured.

“I’m sorry, Polly. Please come down. We are going to Clodston and the garden there was huge. We can even find you a female friend…”

the backyard to look for Lilly and Gilbert after they had been missing for a long time. They were taken aback by the duo’s peculiar behavior, and upon further clarification, they discovered

persuading a parrot? Why are

parrot would be difficult; Gilbert had

started singing, “Gilby Gilby!

don’t you

learn!” Edward scoffed and raised one arm. “Squawk! Squawk! Squawk!” The man

eyes and thought, Uncle Edward looks like

watched on with a mocking smile, Jonas crossed his arms and uttered, “It’s just a parrot. Why does he

Dumb! Dumb Dumb!” Polly

at the parrot

Don’t trick me!” Polly flapped its wings and

incredulous expression; he

Uncle Jonas looks obedient but deep down he’s mean. Uncle Edward looks like a fiery dragon, always on the verge of exploding. My mummy’s brothers are so unique. I think I like my uncles better than my daddy, grandma, and

she averted her gaze and pretended everything was all right. The man smirked when he saw

would you know

laughing and replied, “Are

a tantrum, Bryson called out, “Jonas is right. Let’s all take a

She turned to face the parrot and urged, “Polly, hurry. We’re getting ready to leave. My uncles are

her cuteness. Even Edward’s