A pet shop owner had a parrot with a...

Riddle: A pet shop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said “Parrot repeats everything it hears.” A young man bought the parrot and spoke to it for two weeks, but the parrot didn't say a word. He returned the parrot but the shopkeeper said he never lied about the parrot. How can this be?

Answer: The parrot was deaf!

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