At a community called Nossa Senhora das Dores {Our Lady of The Suffering} as I was celebrating Mass and during the homily I noticed the youngsters giggling. I knew it wasn't something I said, for I am not sure of how much of my poor Portuguese is understood. Then I noticed a youngster looking at the window. At the window was a new visitor to Mass, a parrot. Then everyone broke out in laughter, so that ended my homily so I took out the camera.
The noisy visitor in the window.
Some of the crowd after Mass.
It turns out the parrot was a pet who arrived to Mass on the handle bar of its owners motorbike.
All aboard. The parrot could say a few words, but the funny thing was, when the young man started the motorbike's engine, the parrot imitated the sound of the engine, just as a child would do running around playing as a car and making the engine noise.
