Eight Uncles' Beloved Treasure (Lily)

Chapter 9 Stubborn

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…”

Jonas went to 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 that Lilly

difficult about persuading a parrot? Why

the parrot would be difficult;

started singing, “Gilby Gilby! Stupid

you

arm. “Squawk! Squawk! Squawk!” The man patted his

eyes and thought, Uncle Edward looks like

mocking smile, Jonas crossed his arms and uttered, “It’s just a

Dumb

response, Edward pointed at the parrot and screamed,

Polly flapped its wings

expression; he was horrified by the animal’s

looks like a fiery dragon, always on the verge of exploding.

she averted her gaze and pretended everything was all right. The man smirked when he saw how timid the little girl was. He then spoke, “Don’t waste your effort, Edward. This parrot only listens to

you know that?”

burst out laughing and

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

her toy rabbit. She turned to face the parrot and urged, “Polly, hurry. We’re getting ready to leave.

brothers enjoyed seeing Lilly persuade the parrot with her cuteness. Even Edward’s

the girl, but as it was ready to land on her shoulder, Paula’s voice