I had also arrived to some little diversions and amusements, which made the time pass a great deal more pleasantly with me than it did before—first, I had taught my Poll, as I noted before, to speak; and he did it so familiarly, and talked so articulately and plain, that it was very pleasant to me; and he lived with me no less than six-and-twenty years. How long he might have lived afterwards I know not, though I know they have a notion in the Brazils that they live a hundred years.
Például Pollt tanítgattam a beszédre olyan sikerrel, amely nagy örömömre szolgált. Azt hiszem, madár még soha nem beszélt könnyedebben, nem csoda, hiszen huszonhat éven át éltünk együtt, és nem tudom, utána mennyit élhetett még, de azt mondják, egyes brazíliai papagájok akár száz évig is elélnek.